# CVE-2024-55947: Gogs has a Path Traversal in file update API

- Also known as: GHSA-QF5V-RP47-55GG, GO-2024-3356
- Severity: CVSS 8.7 (High), CNA
- 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
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 1 GitHub repo listed by PoC-in-GitHub
- Fixed in: 0.13.1
- Published: 2024-12-23 · Updated: 2024-12-24

## Affected

- gogs: fixed in 0.13.1
- gogs.io/gogs (Go): fixed in 0.13.1

## Description

Gogs is an open source self-hosted Git service. A malicious user is able to write a file to an arbitrary path on the server to gain SSH access to the server. The vulnerability is fixed in 0.13.1.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on gogs, gogs.io/gogs, upgrade to a fixed version (0.13.1) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/gogs/gogs/security/advisories/GHSA-qf5v-rp47-55gg
- https://github.com/gogs/gogs/issues/7582
- https://github.com/gogs/gogs/pull/7859
- https://github.com/gogs/gogs/commit/9a9388ace25bd646f5098cb9193d983332c34e41
- https://github.com/ferralon-demo/gogs-symlink-chain

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