CVE-2025-8110: Gogs Path Traversal Vulnerability
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CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities
- Name
- Gogs Path Traversal Vulnerability
- Vendor
- Gogs
- Product
- Gogs
- Added to the catalog
- 2026-01-12
- Due date for US federal agencies
- 2026-02-02
- Weaknesses
- CWE-22
- Catalog version
- 2026.10.30
Gogs contains a path traversal vulnerability affecting improper Symbolic link handling in the PutContents API that could allow for code execution.
Required action (CISA)
Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
Ransomware use: CISA does not mark known use of this vulnerability in ransomware campaigns.
Links in CISA's notes
- https://github.com/gogs/gogs/commit/553707f3fd5f68f47f531cfcff56aa3ec294c6f6
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-8110
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NVD analysis
- Status
- Analyzed
- Published
- 2025-12-10T14:16:19.847
- Last modified
- 2026-10-14T21:10:00.183
- Weaknesses
- CWE-22
Improper Symbolic link handling in the PutContents API in Gogs allows Local Execution of Code.
| Metric | Score | Severity | Vector | Scored by |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVSS 4.0 | 8.7 | HIGH | CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:A/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:Y/R:U/V:C/RE:X/U:X | 9947ef80-c5d5-474a-bbab-97341a59000e (Secondary) |
| CVSS 3.1 | 8.8 | HIGH | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H | [email protected] (Primary) |
References
- http://wiz.io/blog/wiz-research-gogs-cve-2025-8110-rce-exploit (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/12/11/3 (Mailing List)
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/12/11/4 (Mailing List)
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/01/17/4 (Mailing List)
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/01/18/1 (Mailing List)
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/01/18/2 (Mailing List)
- https://github.com/gogs/gogs/commit/553707f3fd5f68f47f531cfcff56aa3ec294c6f6 (Patch)
- https://github.com/gogs/gogs/pull/8078 (Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2025-8110 (Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource)
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CVE record
- Title (CNA)
- File overwrite in file update API in Gogs
- Assigner
- Wiz
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Published
- 2025-12-10T13:23:46.777Z
- Updated
- 2026-02-26T16:21:06.106Z
- Problem types
- CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
Improper Symbolic link handling in the PutContents API in Gogs allows Local Execution of Code.
References
- http://wiz.io/blog/wiz-research-gogs-cve-2025-8110-rce-exploit
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GitHub Advisory Database
GHSA-mq8m-42gh-wq7r: Gogs vulnerable to a bypass of CVE-2024-55947
- Severity (GitHub)
- high
- Weaknesses
- CWE-22
- Published
- 2025-12-10T15:31:24Z
- Updated
- 2026-01-20T20:48:50Z
- go gogs.io/gogs: affected <= 0.13.3
Improper Symbolic link handling in the PutContents API in Gogs allows Local Execution of Code.
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Also known as / affected packages
GHSA-mq8m-42gh-wq7r
Also known as: CVE-2025-8110. OSV.dev record, GitHub advisory.
- Go gogs.io/gogs: introduced 0, last_affected 0.13.3
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Defensive techniques (MITRE D3FEND)
D3FEND maps these defensive techniques to the weakness (CWE) that NVD lists for this CVE, through the digital artifacts the weakness affects. D3FEND does not say they stop this vulnerability.
CWE-22: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
- Isolate: Application-based Process Isolation (acts on Subroutine)
- Model: Software Inventory (acts on Software)
- Harden: Variable Initialization (acts on Subroutine)
- Harden: Software Update (acts on Software)
- Harden: Domain Logic Validation (acts on Subroutine)
- Restore: Restore Software (acts on Software)
- Model: Asset Vulnerability Enumeration (acts on Software)
- Harden: Trusted Library (acts on Subroutine)
- Harden: Credential Scrubbing (acts on Subroutine)
D3FEND ontology version 1.6.0.
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Sources and licences
CISA
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National Vulnerability Database (NIST)
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GitHub Advisory Database
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GitHub Advisory Database via OSV.dev
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Dragons Eye Ransomware Tracker, "CVE-2025-8110: Gogs Path Traversal Vulnerability",
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https://ransomware-tracker.com/cve/CVE-2025-8110 (accessed 2026-11-03).
Underlying source: CISA Catalog of Known Exploited Vulnerabilities, version 2026.10.30.
Underlying source: National Vulnerability Database (NIST), CVE API 2.0, record last modified 2026-10-14T21:10:00.183.
Underlying source: CVE List (CVE Program, The MITRE Corporation), record updated 2026-02-26T16:21:06.106Z.
Underlying source: GitHub Advisory Database, GHSA-mq8m-42gh-wq7r, updated 2026-01-20T20:48:50Z.
Underlying source: GitHub Advisory Database, GHSA-mq8m-42gh-wq7r, via OSV.dev, modified 2026-02-03T02:58:31.328659Z.
Underlying source: MITRE D3FEND, ontology version 1.6.0.
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