Assessment
Why it matters
CISA lists this vulnerability as known to be exploited; exploitation is confirmed; EPSS is 82.7%; technical severity is CVSS 8.7.
Improper Symbolic link handling in the PutContents API in Gogs allows Local Execution of Code.
Who should care
- Teams operating Gogs
- Vulnerability and exposure management teams
- Security operations teams monitoring exploitation activity
Response plan
What I would do
- Confirm whether Gogs is present in the environment.
- Identify affected versions and establish whether vulnerable services are exposed or reachable.
- GitHub Security patch 553707f3fd5f68f47f531cfcff56aa3ec294c6f6
- Review relevant security telemetry for evidence of attempted or successful exploitation.
- Document the remediation decision and track it to verified completion.
Treatment intelligence
Remediation intelligence
Vendor sources are listed before government and third-party guidance. Confirm product applicability and change prerequisites before deployment.
Verification noteAutomated link verification has not completed for this guidance yet.
Patch
Technical details
- CVSS 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/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
- CWE
- CWE-22
- Affected versions
- Gogs Gogs (End Including 0.13.3)
- Fixed versions
- No explicit fixed version is currently recorded.
- Published
- 10 December 2025
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
Signal timeline
- CVE published
- Added to CISA KEV
- Latest EPSS score: 82.7%
- Signal calculated at 82