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CVE-2026-58421

HIGHFix: go-gitea/gitea#38011

CVE-2026-58421 is a high-severity (CVSS 7.5) CWE-284 vulnerability in code.gitea.io/gitea. O3 Security confirms whether CVE-2026-58421 is actually reachable in your code before you act, and blocks exploitation at runtime until you patch.

Unauthenticated ReDoS via CODEOWNERS pattern matching allows denial of service

Also known asGHSA-v96j-25gv-g2w9GO-2026-6077
Published
Jul 3, 2026
Updated
Aug 12, 2026
Affected
1 pkg
Patched
1 / 1
Exploits
None indexed
Exploitation data as of Aug 12, 2026 · OSV.dev, NVD, FIRST.org (EPSS)

Real-World Exposure

1 pkg affected
🐹code.gitea.io/gitea

Real-time download stats are indexed for npm and PyPI packages. This vulnerability affects Go packages — download data is not available via public APIs for these ecosystems.

Description

Unauthenticated ReDoS via CODEOWNERS pattern matching allows denial of service

Affected Packages

1 total 1 fixed
EcosystemPackageVulnerable rangeFix
🐹Gocode.gitea.io/giteaall versions1.26.4

Detection & mitigation playbook

Open-source dependency
  1. Detect

    Scan your dependency tree (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, requirements.txt, go.sum, etc.) for code.gitea.io/gitea. O3's reachability analysis confirms whether the vulnerable code path is actually invoked in your application, so you act on real exposure instead of every transitive match.

  2. Fix

    Update code.gitea.io/gitea to 1.26.4 or later, then make sure no transitive (indirect) dependency still pins the vulnerable range — O3 confirms CVE-2026-58421 is resolved across your whole dependency graph.

  3. Workarounds

    If you can't upgrade right away: gate or disable the affected feature, validate untrusted input at the boundary, and avoid passing attacker-controlled data into the vulnerable path. O3's runtime protection blocks exploitation in production as an interim safeguard until the upgrade lands.

  4. How O3 protects you

    O3 pinpoints whether CVE-2026-58421 is reachable in your code and exactly where to fix it, then blocks exploitation in production at runtime until the patched version is deployed.

Tailored to CVE-2026-58421. Runtime protection reduces exposure until a permanent patch is applied and verified — it complements patching, it doesn't replace it.

Frequently Asked Questions

Unauthenticated ReDoS via CODEOWNERS pattern matching allows denial of service
O3 Security · Impact-Aware SCA

Is CVE-2026-58421 in your dependencies?

O3 detects CVE-2026-58421 across Go dependencies and uses function-level reachability to confirm whether the vulnerable code path is actually reachable — not just present. No false positives.

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