CVE-2019-14544 Insecure Permissions in Gogs

What is CVE-2019-14544?

CVE-2019-14544 is a critical missing authorization vulnerability in n/a, published on 2 Aug 2019. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

routes/api/v1/api.go in Gogs 0.11.86 lacks permission checks for routes: deploy keys, collaborators, and hooks.

Weakness: CWE-862

Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-14544?

3 open source packages ship an affected version, including gogs.io/gogs. It affects 1 product.

Products include Gogs Gogs.

How do I fix CVE-2019-14544?

Upgrade gogs.io/gogs to 0.11.91 or later.

Upgrade, and check permissions on every request on the server, not only in the interface. More about Missing authorization.

Is CVE-2019-14544 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-14544 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in n/a

• CVE-2025-8110 Gogs Path Traversal Exploited High 8.7
• CVE-2024-56731 Gogs deletion of internal files allows remote command execution Critical 10.0
• CVE-2022-1884 Remote Command Execution in gogs/gogs Critical 10.0
• CVE-2022-1986 OS Command Injection in gogs/gogs Critical 10.0
• CVE-2022-1992 Path Traversal in gogs/gogs Critical 10.0

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as GHSA-5r2v-6gm6-vpvh, GO-2022-0797.