Vulnerability · Published Jun 24, 2025 · Assigned by GitHub_M

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

Critical 10.0

In plain English

A critical-severity security flaw in gogs from gogs. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 1.1% (higher than 67% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)10.0Critical

Exploit odds (30 days)1.1%top 33.0% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official 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.

Affected packages & fixed versions

Ecosystem	Package	Fixed in	Advisory
Go	gogs.io/gogs	0.13.3	GHSA-wj44-9vcg-wjq7
Go	gogs.io/gogs	0.13.3	GO-2025-3776

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
gogs	gogs	< 0.13.3

Weakness: CWE-552 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

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