CVE-2025-8110: Gogs Path Traversal Vulnerability
- Is it exploited?
Yes. CISA added it to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on , 33 days after the CVE record was published.
- How likely is exploitation in the next 30 days?
- 85.2%
EPSS score, percentile 99.7 of all scored records
- How severe?
- 8.7 High
CVSS v4.0 base score, given by the CNA
- What should I do?
CISA deadline . Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
The CVE record links no vendor advisory, patch or mitigation.
- Which versions are affected?
Affected
- 0.13.3 and earlier
Source: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, 2026.10.28, as of ; FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS), v2026.06.15, as of ; CVE List V5 (CVE Program), cve_2026-10-28_0000Z, as of . About the data.
What to do
Required action, set by 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.
CISA due date for this action: .
Advisories and patches
The CVE record links no vendor advisory, patch or mitigation.
Linked from CISA's catalog entry
- https://github.com/gogs/gogs/commit/553707f3fd5f68f47f531cfcff56aa3ec294c6f6
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-8110
Affected products and versions
As listed in the CVE record.
| Status | Versions |
|---|---|
| Affected | 0.13.3 and earlier |
Versions not listed are: unaffected.
Source: CVE List V5 (CVE Program), cve_2026-10-28_0000Z, as of . About the data.
About this vulnerability
Gogs contains a path traversal vulnerability affecting improper Symbolic link handling in the PutContents API that could allow for code execution.
Summary: CISA's KEV catalog, as of .
- CISA added CVE-2025-8110 to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog on 12 Jan 2026.
- CISA's ransomware flag for this entry is "Unknown": no evidence of ransomware use in the catalog, which is not proof of none.
- The due date CISA sets for the required action is 2 Feb 2026.
- The CVE record was published on 10 Dec 2025, 33 days before it was added to KEV.
- The CVE record carries a CVSS v4.0 base score of 8.7 (High), given by its CNA.
- FIRST's EPSS model puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 85.2% (percentile 99.7), as of 28 Oct 2026.
- CISA's SSVC assessment in the CVE record: exploitation active, automatable no, technical impact total.
Source: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, 2026.10.28, as of ; CVE List V5 (CVE Program), cve_2026-10-28_0000Z, as of ; FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS), v2026.06.15, as of . About the data.
Description
File overwrite in file update API in Gogs
Improper Symbolic link handling in the PutContents API in Gogs allows Local Execution of Code.
Source: CVE List V5 (CVE Program), cve_2026-10-28_0000Z, as of . About the data.
Weakness
- CWE-22: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
Attack patterns (CAPEC)
- CAPEC-549: Local Execution of Code
CWE and CAPEC are maintained by MITRE; the entries are those named in the CVE record and the KEV entry.
Timeline
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