Gogs: Privilege Escalation via Collaboration Access Mode Validation
Priority LOW 27CWE-193Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- High
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Attack requirements
- None
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · High · High
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and GitHub.
Summary
Gogs is an open source self-hosted Git service. Prior to 0.14.3, a repository admin collaborator can escalate their privileges to owner-level access by exploiting an off-by-one error in the ChangeCollaborationAccessMode function. This vulnerability is fixed in 0.14.3.
Why it matters now
Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00499 43rd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed gogs (gogs): 0.14.3gogs.io/gogs (Go): 0.14.3
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Total
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gogs | gogs | before 0.14.3 | 0.14.3 | Patch available | CNA |
| — | gogs.io/gogs (Go) | before 0.14.3 | 0.14.3 | Patch available | GHSA-4565-r4x7-hg8j |
- gogs VendorGogs Affected before 0.14.3 Fixed in 0.14.3 Patch available CNA
- gogs.io/gogs (Go) Vendor— Affected before 0.14.3 Fixed in 0.14.3 Patch available GHSA-4565-r4x7-hg8j
Remediation
- Fix · CNA gogs (gogs) Fixed in 0.14.3
- Fix · GHSA-4565-r4x7-hg8j gogs.io/gogs (Go) Fixed in 0.14.3 Advisory →
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-52804
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-4565-r4x7-hg8j
- 2026-11-03 CISA SSVC decision points changed
References
More Gogs vulnerabilities
- TI-2025-07419 File overwrite in file update API in Gogs KEVCVSS 4.0HIGH 8.7
- TI-2022-01876 OS Command Injection in gogs/gogs CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2024-36988 Gogs has a Path Traversal in file update API CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.7
- TI-2026-37922 Gogs: Path Traversal in organization name results in RCE through Git hooks CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 10.0
- TI-2022-01744 Remote Command Execution in gogs/gogs CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 10.0
- TI-2025-39562 Gogs's update .git/config file allows remote command execution CVSS 4.0CRITICAL 9.3
Sources
- CVE-2026-52804 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-52804 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-4565-r4x7-hg8j · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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