CVE-2025-8110 — Gogs Path Traversal Vulnerability

Triage

Is it exploited, how likely is exploitation, what does it touch, and how severe do the sources call it.

CISA SSVC assessment CISA

Three decision points CISA publishes for the CVEs it assesses (SSVC 2.0.3). A stakeholder decision, not a severity score.

Remediation

Fixes and mitigations documented by the sources — linked to the original advisory.

• Documented patch — github.com (NIST National Vulnerability Database)
• Documented patch — github.com (NIST National Vulnerability Database)

CISA required action 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.

US federal deadline: Feb 2, 2026 — passed 256 day(s) ago

First 24 hours

Ordered from the record’s own fields — exposure first, because you cannot patch what you have not found. A rule-generated starting point.

1. Identify exposed assets running the affected vendor/product/version combinations (Gogs Gogs, Go Gogs.io/gogs).
2. Treat as emergency remediation: the CVE is in CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).
3. Apply the fixed version or the patch documented under Remediation.
4. EPSS ahead of 100% of scored CVEs: prioritize it in the patch queue.
5. Search available logs for exploit probes matching the vulnerability class (file handling), errors and authentication anomalies.

Affected scope

Vendor, product and versions as the sources word them.

Attack characteristics

The CVSS vector, decoded. It describes the attack, not your exposure to it.

Every base score collected

Sources score independently and may disagree; each row says who scored it and under which version.

Weakness MITRE

Weakness class according to MITRE’s CWE catalog.

CWE-22 · Path Traversal

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CISA KEV details CISA

CISA lists a CVE once it has evidence of exploitation against real targets.

CISA records ransomware use only for campaigns it has confirmed, so “Unknown” means unrecorded, not ruled out. The deadline binds US federal agencies; for everyone else it is a reference date.

Public exploits, PoCs and detection templates

Public code that demonstrates or tests the flaw raises the odds of mass exploitation — and Nuclei templates help find vulnerable assets in your environment.

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EPSS over time FIRST

Oct 12, 2026 → Oct 15, 2026 · 4 reading(s) · max 85.20%

Detection

Read off the CVSS vector and the weakness class. Starting points, not tested rules.

• Prioritize edge telemetry for the network-reachable component (proxy, WAF, IDS/IPS).
• Monitor file creation in web directories and paths with traversal sequences (../).
• Hunt retroactively in logs from before Jan 12, 2026 (KEV listing): exploitation may have started earlier.

Timeline

What happened to this CVE, newest first.

• 2026
• Affected products added · go/gogs.io/gogs
  Oct 13, 2026 · GitHub Security Advisories
• Affected products added · gogs/gogs
  Oct 13, 2026 · CVE Program (cve.org) e CISA ADP
• SSVC assessment updated
  Oct 13, 2026 · CVE Program (cve.org) e CISA ADP
• Record published
  Oct 13, 2026
• Fix documented
  Oct 13, 2026 · NIST National Vulnerability Database
• Affected products added · gogs/gogs
  Oct 13, 2026 · NIST National Vulnerability Database
• CVSS changed · 8.8
  Oct 13, 2026 · NIST National Vulnerability Database
• Source status changed · → Analyzed
  Oct 13, 2026 · NIST National Vulnerability Database
• Added to CISA KEV (detected)
  Oct 13, 2026 · CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities
• Record created in this database
  Oct 13, 2026 · CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities
• Added to CISA KEV catalog
  Jan 11, 2026 · CISA
• 2025
• CVE published
  Dec 10, 2025 · Wiz

Source activity

Repeated readings are counted rather than listed.

• 2× References added · Oct 13, 2026 – Oct 13, 2026
• 1× Official description updated · Oct 13, 2026 – Oct 13, 2026

References

12 on the record

• github.com/gogs/gogs/pull/8078
  Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory, NIST National Vulnerability Database
• github.com/gogs/gogs/commit/553707f3fd5f68f47f531cfcff56aa3ec294c6f6
  Patch, NIST National Vulnerability Database
• github.com/advisories/GHSA-mq8m-42gh-wq7r
  GitHub Security Advisories
• www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/01/18/2
  Mailing List, NIST National Vulnerability Database
• github.com/gogs/gogs/pull/8082
  GitHub Security Advisories
• www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/12/11/4
  Mailing List, NIST National Vulnerability Database
• nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-8110
  GitHub Security Advisories
• www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog
  Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource, NIST National Vulnerability Database
• www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/12/11/3
  Mailing List, NIST National Vulnerability Database
• www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/01/18/1
  Mailing List, NIST National Vulnerability Database
• www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/01/17/4
  Mailing List, NIST National Vulnerability Database
• wiz.io/blog/wiz-research-gogs-cve-2025-8110-rce-exploit
  Exploit, Third Party Advisory, NIST National Vulnerability Database

Elsewhere on this site

Related CVEs (same products)

• Medium CVE-2026-82402 Gogs: Open Redirect in /redirect endpoint via backslash bypass in `IsSameSite` 1d
• High CVE-2026-52812 Gogs: LFS dedupe path leaks private repo content across tenants Jun 24, 2026
• Critical CVE-2026-52811 Gogs Path Traversal via Symlink Gap in UploadRepoFiles (CVE-2026-52811) Jun 24, 2026
• Medium CVE-2026-52814 Gogs: Unauthenticated Asymmetric Denial of Service (DoS) via SSH Handshake Stall (File Descriptor Exhaustion) Jun 24, 2026
• Medium CVE-2026-52815 Gogs: Unauthenticated Organization Teams Information Disclosure via API Jun 24, 2026
• Critical CVE-2026-52813 Gogs Path Traversal in Organization Names Leading to Remote Code Execution Jun 24, 2026

Not in any source we poll

Listed rather than left blank: an empty field and an unmeasured one look identical on screen, and only one is a reason to look elsewhere.

• No confirmed IOCs, IP addresses, domains, file hashes, or malware artifacts supplied.
• No organization-specific asset inventory, compensating-control status, or patch deployment evidence supplied.
• No exploit packet captures, log samples, or incident case IDs supplied.

Answered from this record

Text assembled only from the fields above — no additional claims.

What should defenders know first?

CVE-2025-8110 is "Gogs Path Traversal Vulnerability", rated High. It affects Gogs (Gogs); versions are in the scope table. It is in CISA KEV: there is evidence of real-world exploitation. CVSS 8.8 describes technical severity. EPSS 85.20% estimates the probability of exploitation in 30 days; neither replaces your asset context. First verify whether exposed or business-critical assets run the affected versions, apply vendor fixes or mitigations, and preserve logs for review.

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