Gogs: Unauthenticated Jupyter Notebook (ipynb) Sanitizer allows arbitrary data: URIs leading to XSS
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- Passive
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Attack requirements
- None
- Impact type
- Cross-site scripting
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · None · None
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-80.
Summary
Gogs is an open source self-hosted Git service. Prior to 0.14.3, the Jupyter Notebook (ipynb) sanitizer endpoint at POST /-/api/sanitize_ipynb allows arbitrary data: URIs without proper restrictions, potentially leading to Cross-Site Scripting (XSS). The endpoint uses bluemonday.UGCPolicy() with p.AllowURLSchemes("data") which permits all data URI schemes including data:text/html, enabling attackers to inject malicious HTML/JavaScript. Additionally, the endpoint has no authentication middleware, allowing any registered user to exploit this vulnerability. This vulnerability is fixed in 0.14.3.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- Poc
- Automatable
- No
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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-3w28-36p9-w929 |
- 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-3w28-36p9-w929
Remediation
- Fix · CNA gogs (gogs) Fixed in 0.14.3
- Fix · GHSA-3w28-36p9-w929 gogs.io/gogs (Go) Fixed in 0.14.3 Advisory →
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-52816
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-3w28-36p9-w929
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-2026-52816 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-52816 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-3w28-36p9-w929 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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