CVE-2024-55947: Gogs has a Path Traversal in file update API

Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 77.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2024-12-23 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-22

Description

Gogs is an open source self-hosted Git service. A malicious user is able to write a file to an arbitrary path on the server to gain SSH access to the server. The vulnerability is fixed in 0.13.1.

Affected products

gogs: before 0.13.1 — fixed in 0.13.1

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: gogs 0.13.1. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://github.com/gogs/gogs/commit/9a9388ace25bd646f5098cb9193d983332c34e41
https://github.com/gogs/gogs/issues/7582
https://github.com/gogs/gogs/pull/7859
https://github.com/gogs/gogs/security/advisories/GHSA-qf5v-rp47-55gg
https://github.com/gogs/gogs/security/advisories/GHSA-qf5v-rp47-55gg

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