GO-2026-6055 Gitea: ParseAcceptLanguage quadratic-time DoS via Locale middleware on unauthenticated requests in gitea.dev

Gitea: ParseAcceptLanguage quadratic-time DoS via Locale middleware on unauthenticated requests in gitea.dev...

GHSA-FW57-JGCH-PGF3 Gitea: ParseAcceptLanguage quadratic-time DoS via Locale middleware on unauthenticated requests

Summary The Locale middleware that runs in front of every unauthenticated request calls golang.org/x/text/language.ParseAcceptLanguage on the raw Accept-Language header without imposing a size or shape filter. The underlying parser has quadratic-time behaviour on long lists of malformed language...

Gitea: ParseAcceptLanguage quadratic-time DoS via Locale middleware on unauthenticated requests

Summary The Locale middleware that runs in front of every unauthenticated request calls golang.org/x/text/language.ParseAcceptLanguage on the raw Accept-Language header without imposing a size or shape filter. The underlying parser has quadratic-time behaviour on long lists of malformed language...

PT-2026-63302

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions code.gitea.io/gitea versions 1.22.x through 1.26.x Description The Locale middleware, which processes every unauthenticated request, is susceptible to a Denial of Service DoS attack. The issue occurs when the middleware calls...