CVE-2026-25232 Gogs has a Protected Branch Deletion Bypass in Web Interface

What is CVE-2026-25232?

CVE-2026-25232 is a high-severity missing authorization vulnerability in gogs, published on 19 Feb 2026. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Gogs is an open source self-hosted Git service. Versions 0.13.4 and below have an access control bypass vulnerability which allows any repository collaborator with Write permissions to delete protected branches (including the default branch) by sending a direct POST request, completely bypassing the branch protection mechanism. This vulnerability in the DeleteBranchPost function eenables privilege escalation from Write to Admin level, allowing low-privilege users to perform dangerous operations that should be restricted to administrators only. Although Git Hook layer correctly prevents protected branch deletion via SSH push, the web interface deletion operation does not trigger Git Hooks, resulting in complete bypass of protection mechanisms. In oder to exploit this vulnerability, attackers must have write permissions to the target repository, protected branches configured to the target repository and access to the Gogs web interface. This issue has been fixed in version 0.14.1.

Weakness: CWE-863

Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-25232?

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-2026-25232?

Upgrade gogs.io/gogs to 0.14.1 or later.

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

Is CVE-2026-25232 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-25232 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Public exploit code: 1 proofs of concept on GitHub.

Other vulnerabilities in gogs

• 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-2c6v-8r3v-gh6p, GO-2026-4498.