Critical severity · published Jun 24, 2026
CVE-2026-52811
Gogs: UploadRepoFiles writes outside repo working tree via committed parent sym
9.0
CVSS
0.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Gogs is an open source self-hosted Git service. Prior to 0.14.3, (*Repository).UploadRepoFiles checks for symlinks only on the leaf of the upload target (osx.IsSymlink(targetPath)). The siblings UpdateRepoFile, DeleteRepoFile, and GetDiffPreview use hasSymlinkInPath, which lstats every component — UploadRepoFiles is the lone outlier. An attacker with repo-write access plus a multipart upload whose filename contains a literal backslash (preserved by filepath.Base on Linux, then converted to / by pathx.Clean) redirects the write through a previously-committed directory symlink. iox.CopyFile opens the destination with os.Create (no O_NOFOLLOW), so the kernel follows the parent symlink and writes attacker bytes anywhere the gogs UID can write — ~git/.ssh/authorized_keys → SSH foothold, or <repo>.git/hooks/post-receive → next-push RCE. This vulnerability is fixed in 0.14.3.
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.5% · higher than 41% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
GO
gogs · gogs
< 0.14.3 · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-52811
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-52811
github.com
https://github.com/gogs/gogs/commit/04cb8afbb01d855454e59977a1cdbf522ea1db31
github.com
https://github.com/gogs/gogs/pull/8332
github.com
https://github.com/gogs/gogs/releases/tag/v0.14.3
github.com
https://github.com/gogs/gogs/security/advisories/GHSA-89mr-xqfv-758m
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