CVE-2025-8110

File overwrite in file update API in Gogs

  • High 8.7
  • Exploited: added to CISA KEV 12 Jan 2026

Description

Improper Symbolic link handling in the PutContents API in Gogs allows Local Execution of Code.

Key facts

Published
10 Dec 2025
Last changed
26 Feb 2026
Assigned by
Wiz
KEV added
12 Jan 2026
KEV fix due
2 Feb 2026
EPSS
80.252% likely to be exploited in the next 30 days, higher than 99.626% of CVEs (scores for 15 Nov 2026)
SSVC (CISA)
Exploitation: active; Automatable: no; Technical impact: total

Severity scores

Each score is shown as its source gave it. They are not averaged or merged.

  • 8.7CVSS 4.0, Highfrom the CNA (Wiz)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/AU:Y/R:U/V:C

What to do

  • 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 KEV required action

Historical context and remediation

This reference retains the original CVE publication date. A recent record update does not mean a new attack occurred.

CAPEC-549 Local Execution of Code (CNA impact statement)

Version statuses below come from the CNA. An “unaffected” version is not necessarily a currently supported release or proof of a patch date. EPSS is a dated risk estimate, not a count of historical attacks.

Read the original CVE record.

Affected products

VendorProductVersions
GogsGogs
  • Default status: unaffected
  • 0 up to and including 0.13.3 (affected)

Timeline

  1. 10 Dec 2025 Published
  2. 12 Jan 2026 CVE-2025-8110 added to CISA KEV
  3. 12 Jan 2026 Added to the CISA KEV catalogue

Weakness

Practice this bug class

HackZoneLabs has a hands-on lab on Path traversal (CWE-22).

References