Gogs <= 0.13.3 RCE

high Nessus Plugin ID 286268

Synopsis

Gogs, a self-hosted Git service, detected on the remote host is affected by a vulnerability.

Description

According to its self-reported version, the instance of Gogs running on the remote host is prior or equal to 0.13.3. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability.

- Improper Symbolic link handling in the PutContents API in Gogs allows Local Execution of Code. (CVE-2025-8110)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

See vendor advisory.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?91c306a5

http://www.nessus.org/u?5f5652a6

http://www.nessus.org/u?2d9d3ddd

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 286268

File Name: gogs_CVE-2025-8110.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: remote

Family: Misc.

Published: 1/15/2026

Updated: 1/16/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Critical

Score: 9.0

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9

Temporal Score: 7.4

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-8110

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 8.2

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:F/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.7

Threat Score: 8.7

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:A

Vector: 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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:gogs:gogs

Required KB Items: installed_sw/Gogs

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/10/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/10/2025

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability Due Dates: 2/2/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-8110