Gogs: Path Traversal in organization name results in RCE through Git hooks
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and GitHub.
Summary
Gogs is an open source self-hosted Git service. Prior to 0.14.3, organization names containing path traversal sequences (../) are accepted by Gogs, and repositories under them are written to paths following these path traversals. This allows storing/retrieving data for repositories at arbitrary locations on the filesystem. By creating nested structure of Git repositories, one can overwrite the other's hooks configuration to result in Remote Code Execution (RCE). This vulnerability is fixed in 0.14.3.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- Poc
- Automatable
- Yes
- 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-c39w-43gm-34h5 |
- 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-c39w-43gm-34h5
Remediation
- Fix · CNA gogs (gogs) Fixed in 0.14.3
- Fix · GHSA-c39w-43gm-34h5 gogs.io/gogs (Go) Fixed in 0.14.3 Advisory →
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-52813
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-c39w-43gm-34h5
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-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
- TI-2026-20951 Gogs: Cross-repository LFS object overwrite via missing content hash verification CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.3
Sources
- CVE-2026-52813 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-52813 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-c39w-43gm-34h5 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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