# CVE-2026-117677: Gitea Helm chart upload decompression denial of service

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 28.3.0
- Published: 2026-11-01 · Updated: 2026-11-01

## Summary

Gitea, the self-hosted Git service, is affected when it handles uploaded Helm charts in its package registry. A user with package write access can send small, highly compressed archives that force the server to use excessive CPU time, which can slow down or disrupt the Gitea instance for everyone.

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## Affected

- gitea.dev: fixed in 28.3.0

## Description

When parsing an uploaded Helm chart, Gitea decompressed the archive and read every tar entry while looking for `Chart.yaml` without limiting the decompressed size, and did so before the package size quota was checked; the quota only considers the compressed upload size. A user with package write access to an owner, for example their own account on an instance with open registration, could repeatedly upload small, highly compressed archives that make the server spend CPU time proportional to the decompressed size, degrading the availability of the Gitea instance. The issue does not allow code execution or data access.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on gitea.dev, upgrade to a fixed version (28.3.0) per the references below.
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## References

- https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/security/advisories/GHSA-r6mh-qg79-rqj2
- https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/pull/39942
- https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/pull/40085
- https://blog.gitea.com/release-of-28.3.0/
- https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/releases/tag/v28.3.0

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