CVE-2025-8110 is a high-severity (CVSS 8.8) Path Traversal vulnerability in gogs.io/gogs. It is in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog (added 2026-01-12) — treat it as actively exploited and patch now. No vendor fix is recorded yet; mitigation options are listed below.
Gogs vulnerable to a bypass of CVE-2024-55947
Exploitation Status
Actively exploited in the wild
- Confirmed by CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 2026-01-12. Federal agencies were required to remediate by 2026-02-02.
- A successful exploit gives an attacker total control of the affected component, not partial access.
Exploitation and automatability from CISA (KEV catalog and SSVC triage) for CVE-2025-8110.
EPSS Exploitation Probability
Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, from FIRST.org EPSS.
How urgent is this, really
CVE-2025-8110 by exploitation likelihood (EPSS) against impact (CVSS). In the shaded patch-first corner (EPSS 50%+, CVSS 7.0+).
Where this sits among everything scored
Of 395,249 CVEs with a current EPSS score, this one falls in the 50–90% band (highlighted). Counts from FIRST.org, log-scaled.
Real-World Exposure
gogs.io/gogsReal-time download stats are indexed for npm and PyPI packages. This vulnerability affects Go packages — download data is not available via public APIs for these ecosystems.
Description
Improper Symbolic link handling in the PutContents API in Gogs allows Local Execution of Code.
Affected Packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🐹Go | gogs.io/gogs | all versions | No fix |
Affected Products
gogsgogsResearch use only. For defensive security, authorized penetration testing, and academic research only. Never execute exploit code against systems without explicit written authorization.
zAbuQasem/gogs-CVE-2025-8110
CVE-2025-8110 PoC
rxerium/CVE-2025-8110
Detection template for CVE-2025-8110
Ghxstsec/CVE-2025-8110
joaquinrrr/CVE-2025-8110
PoC exploit for CVE-2025-8110
kayl22/cve-2025-8110-GOGS-RCE
GOGS RCE cve-2025-8110 python script that automates the whole attack cha
Shirouuu/CVE-2025-8110-gogs-poc
PoC for CVE-2025-8110 - Gogs arbitrary file write via symlink
Detection & mitigation playbook
Open-source dependencyDetect
Scan your dependency tree (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, requirements.txt, go.sum, etc.) for gogs.io/gogs, including transitive dependencies — a direct dependency you never call can still pull in a vulnerable version.
Remediation status
No patched version of gogs.io/gogs has shipped for CVE-2025-8110 yet. Where your build allows, override or pin the dependency away from the vulnerable range, and apply any maintainer-recommended mitigation.
Mitigate without a patch
Resolve every user-supplied path to its canonical form and reject anything that escapes the intended directory, and run the component under an account that has no read or write access outside the directory it legitimately serves.
How to detect CVE-2025-8110
A community-maintained Nuclei template exists for this CVE. You can scan for it directly:
nuclei -id cve-2025-8110 -u https://target- Template
- Gogs <= 0.13.3 - Remote Code Execution
- Severity
- high
- Impact
- Local attackers can execute arbitrary code, potentially leading to full system compromise.
- Remediation
- Update to the latest version of Gogs.
Template by ProjectDiscovery nuclei-templates (rxerium), MIT licensed. View the full template. Scan only systems you are authorised to test.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is CVE-2025-8110 in your dependencies?
Find it across Go, including transitive dependencies.