# CVE-2024-56731: Gogs deletion of internal files allows remote command execution

- Also known as: GHSA-WJ44-9VCG-WJQ7, GO-2025-3776
- Severity: CVSS 10.0 (Critical), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 0.13.3
- Published: 2025-06-24 · Updated: 2025-06-25

## Affected

- gogs: fixed in 0.13.3
- gogs.io/gogs (Go): fixed in 0.13.3

## Description

Gogs is an open source self-hosted Git service. Prior to version 0.13.3, it's still possible to delete files under the .git directory and achieve remote command execution due to an insufficient patch for CVE-2024-39931. Unprivileged user accounts can execute arbitrary commands on the Gogs instance with the privileges of the account specified by RUN_USER in the configuration. Allowing attackers to access and alter any users' code hosted on the same instance. This issue has been patched in version 0.13.3.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on gogs, gogs.io/gogs, upgrade to a fixed version (0.13.3) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/gogs/gogs/security/advisories/GHSA-wj44-9vcg-wjq7
- https://github.com/gogs/gogs/commit/77a4a945ae9a87f77e392e9066b560edb71b5de9
- https://github.com/gogs/gogs/releases/tag/v0.13.3

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