CVE-2026-73539

Gitea substitutes a URL derived from the markup Context field into external renderer command templates without escaping the reference path before shell-style argument splitting. A crafted Context can inject additional renderer arguments, including options that load executable filter files. On deployments using a susceptible external renderer such as pandoc, a user who can place a filter file at an accessible path can cause it to execute as the Gitea service account; the public repository markup endpoint itself can be reachable without authentication.

CVSS 3.1

7.5CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS

0.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 40% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-25)

CWE

CWE-88

Published

2026-10-14

Modified

2026-10-18

Record from

the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

References

• https://blog.gitea.com/release-of-1.27.2/
• https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/pull/38885
• https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/pull/38898
• https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/releases/tag/v1.27.2
• https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/security/advisories/GHSA-579w-82gf-89m2

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