Gogs up to 0.13.x path traversal

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Gogs up to 0.13.x. It has been classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality. The manipulation leads to path traversal. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2026-52797. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Gogs up to 0.13.x. This issue affects an unknown code block. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a path traversal vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-22. The product uses external input to construct a pathname that is intended to identify a file or directory that is located underneath a restricted parent directory, but the product does not properly neutralize special elements within the pathname that can cause the pathname to resolve to a location that is outside of the restricted directory. Impacted is integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Gogs is an open source self-hosted Git service. Prior to 0.14.0, as an authorized user, an intruder can dictate the value which is passed to the git diff command which, together with bypassing the filtering of the passed value, allows the user to bypass the target directory and write the result of the comparison to any arbitrary path. This vulnerability is fixed in 0.14.0.

The advisory is shared at github.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2026-52797 since 06/08/2026. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1006 for this issue.

Upgrading to version 0.14.0 eliminates this vulnerability.

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Path traversal
CWE: CWE-22
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Gogs 0.14.0

Timelineinfo

06/08/2026 CVE reserved
06/25/2026 +17 days Advisory disclosed
06/25/2026 +0 days VulDB entry created
06/25/2026 +0 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Product: github.com

Advisory: GHSA-pm6v-2h4w-4rp2
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2026-52797 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2026-52797
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-373637

Entryinfo

Created: 06/25/2026 06:30
Changes: 06/25/2026 06:30 (63)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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