CVE-2026-25119
Gogs: Authentication Bypass via Unvalidated Reverse Proxy Headers
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- GitHub_M
Description
Gogs is an open source self-hosted Git service. Prior to 0.14.3, when ENABLE_REVERSE_PROXY_AUTHENTICATION is enabled, Gogs accepts the configured authentication header (default: X-WEBAUTH-USER) directly from client requests without validating that the request originated from a trusted reverse proxy. Any remote attacker who can reach the Gogs service can forge this header to impersonate any user or trigger automatic account creation, completely bypassing authentication. This vulnerability is fixed in 0.14.3.
Public exploit
A reference of the record is tagged as an exploit or proof of concept: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. CISA's SSVC rates its exploitation: a proof of concept is public.
- https://github.com/gogs/gogs/security/advisories/GHSA-w6j9-vw59-27wv (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMexploit
Timeline
ID reserved
By GitHub_M
- 5 months later
· 5 months later
Published
- 1 day later
· 1 day later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| GitHub_MCNA (assigner) | 4.0 | High7.7 | CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P |
| NVDNVD · Deferred | 4.0 | High7.7 | CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.86% · top 41% of all CVEs (7 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: poc · Automatable: yes · Technical impact: total
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.7.
Weakness
Affected products
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- Gogogs.io/gogsGHSA-w6j9-vw59-27wv (opens in a new tab)
References (4)
- https://github.com/gogs/gogs/security/advisories/GHSA-w6j9-vw59-27wv (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMexploit
- https://github.com/gogs/gogs/pull/8264 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISC
- https://github.com/gogs/gogs/commit/0089c4c8e5b8d99eb6e5c8727f8f40d765f1f58a (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISC
- https://github.com/gogs/gogs/releases/tag/v0.14.3 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISC
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-w6j9-vw59-27wv (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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