TI-2026-37918 Aliases CVE-2026-52809 GHSA-5c3f-6486-3g7g

Gogs: Password-reset tokens use account-activation lifetime, ignoring RESET_PASSWORD_CODE_LIVES

HIGH 65CWE-324Published 2026-06-24 · Updated 2026-11-03

Key facts

Attack vector: Network
Privileges required: None
User interaction: Required
Attack complexity: High
Impact type: Security bypass
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: High · High · None
Fix status: Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-613.

Summary

Gogs is an open source self-hosted Git service. Prior to 0.14.3, password-reset tokens are generated using conf.Auth.ActivateCodeLives (the account-activation lifetime), not conf.Auth.ResetPasswordCodeLives. The token lifetime is baked into the token itself at generation time and is re-extracted from the token at verification time, making RESET_PASSWORD_CODE_LIVES irrelevant to actual enforcement. When an administrator configures a shorter reset window (e.g., 10 minutes) for compliance or security reasons, reset tokens remain exploitable for the full activation lifetime instead, while the reset email falsely advertises the shorter expiry. This vulnerability is fixed in 0.14.3.

Why it matters now

Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV

EPSS 0.0019 8th 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: Poc
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-5c3f-6486-3g7g

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-5c3f-6486-3g7g

CPE names Threatist (inferred) · 1

Inferred from how NVD named this product before; not given by a source.

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:gogs:gogs::::::::	—	—	Gogs

cpe:2.3:a:gogs:gogs:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions — — ·Gogs

Remediation

Fix · CNA gogs (gogs) Fixed in 0.14.3
Fix · GHSA-5c3f-6486-3g7g gogs.io/gogs (Go) Fixed in 0.14.3 Advisory →

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-52809
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-5c3f-6486-3g7g
2026-11-03 CISA SSVC decision points changed

References

Advisory 1

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-52809

Other 5

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

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Sources

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