# CVE-2026-105964: Gitea Actions artifact v4 API unbounded request body

- Also known as: GHSA-6F9G-7JGM-M5PH
- Severity: CVSS 6.5 (Medium), CISA-ADP
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fix: a fix or patch is referenced
- Published: 2026-10-18 · Updated: 2026-10-19

## Affected

- gitea.dev: from 1.22.0, through 28.1.0

## Description

The Gitea Actions artifact v4 (Twirp) handlers read the whole request body into memory without a size limit. A user who can run a workflow and obtains the runner token of that run could send an oversized request to the artifact service and exhaust the memory of the server, which terminates the Gitea process. The request body is now limited to 1 MiB.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on gitea.dev, apply the referenced fix per the references below.
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## Related

- Browse: [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/security/advisories/GHSA-6f9g-7jgm-m5ph
- https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/pull/39818
- https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/pull/39822
- https://blog.gitea.com/release-of-28.2.0/
- https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/releases/tag/v28.2.0

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