Arbitrary log line injection in github.com/gin-gonic/gin
Priority HIGH 72CWE-116Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · High · None
- Fix status
- Partial Red Hat: 2 fixed, 9 without a fix
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA, GitHub and Red Hat.
Summary
Unsanitized input in the default logger in github.com/gin-gonic/gin before v1.6.0 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary log lines.
Why it matters now
Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.01545 75th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD
Fix Partial github.com/gin-gonic/gin (github.com/gin-gonic/gin): 1.6.0github.com/gin-gonic/gin (Go): 1.6.0Red Hat: 2 advisoriesRed Hat: 2 fixed, 9 without a fix
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- Poc
- Automatable
- Yes
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| github.com/gin-gonic/gin | github.com/gin-gonic/gin | before 1.6.0 | 1.6.0 | Patch available | CNA |
| — | github.com/gin-gonic/gin (Go) | before 1.6.0 | 1.6.0 | Patch available | GHSA-6vm3-jj99-7229 |
- github.com/gin-gonic/gin Vendorgithub.com/gin-gonic/gin Affected before 1.6.0 Fixed in 1.6.0 Patch available CNA
- github.com/gin-gonic/gin (Go) Vendor— Affected before 1.6.0 Fixed in 1.6.0 Patch available GHSA-6vm3-jj99-7229
Remediation
- Fix · CNA github.com/gin-gonic/gin (github.com/gin-gonic/gin) Fixed in 1.6.0
- Fix · GHSA-6vm3-jj99-7229 github.com/gin-gonic/gin (Go) Fixed in 1.6.0 Advisory →
Red Hat 2 advisories
- RHSA-2023:1428 Released 2023-03-23 · Red Hat rating ImportantMigration Toolkit for Containers (MTC) 1.7.8 security and bug fix update
- 8Base-RHMTC-1.7 rhmtc/openshift-migration-controller-rhel8, rhmtc/openshift-migration-ui-rhel8
- RHSA-2023:0934 Released 2023-02-28 · Red Hat rating ImportantMigration Toolkit for Applications security and bug fix update
- MTA 6.0 for RHEL 8 mta/mta-admin-addon-rhel8, mta/mta-hub-rhel8, mta/mta-ui-rhel8 +1
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
| Product | Status | Plan or fix |
|---|---|---|
| Migration Toolkit for Virtualization | Affected | No fix yet |
| OpenShift Serverless | Affected | No fix yet |
| Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2 | Affected | No fix yet |
| Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4 | Affected | No fix planned: Will not fix |
| Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform Assisted Installer 1 | Affected | No fix planned: Out of support scope |
| Red Hat OpenShift Dev Spaces | Affected | No fix yet |
| Red Hat OpenShift GitOps | Affected | No fix yet |
| Red Hat Quay 3 | Affected | No fix planned: Will not fix |
| Red Hat Web Terminal | Affected | No fix yet |
| 8Base-RHMTC-1.7 | Fixed | RHSA-2023:1428 |
| MTA 6.0 for RHEL 8 | Fixed | RHSA-2023:0934 |
Not affected: 7 products
- 8Base-RHMTC-1.7
- Custom Metric Autoscaler operator for Red Hat Openshift
- Logging Subsystem for Red Hat OpenShift
- MTA 6.0 for RHEL 8
- Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2
- Red Hat Advanced Cluster Security 3
- Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2020-36567
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-6vm3-jj99-7229
References
More Gin-gonic Gin vulnerabilities
- TI-2023-11349 Improper input validation in github.com/gin-gonic/gin CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.3
- TI-2023-13781 Improper handling of filenames in Content-Disposition HTTP header in github.com/gin-gonic/gin CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 4.3
- TI-2020-17293 HTTP response splitting in github.com/gin-gonic/gin CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.1
Sources
- CVE-2020-36567 · CVE Program
- CVE-2020-36567 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-6vm3-jj99-7229 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2020-36567 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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