CVE-2026-52800 Gogs: CSRF Leading to Organization Owner Takeover
Attackers can trick organization owners into visiting crafted links to gain owner-equivalent privileges via CSRF in team management.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2026-52800?
CVE-2026-52800 is a high-severity vulnerability in gogs, published on 24 Jun 2026. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
Gogs is an open source self-hosted Git service. Prior to 0.14.3, organization team member management can be performed via GET requests without CSRF protection. If a victim who is an organization owner is logged in and is tricked into visiting a crafted link, an attacker-controlled user can be added to the Owners team. As a result, the attacker gains organization owner–equivalent privileges. This vulnerability is fixed in 0.14.3.
Weakness: CWE-352
Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-52800?
3 open source packages ship an affected version, including gogs.io/gogs.
| Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
gogs.io/gogs Go | All versions | None |
gogs.io/gogs Go | All versions | 0.14.3 |
gogs.io/gogs Go | All versions | 0.14.3 |
How do I fix CVE-2026-52800?
Upgrade gogs.io/gogs to 0.14.3 or later.
Is CVE-2026-52800 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2026-52800 exists.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-pwx3-qcgw-vh7h, GO-2026-5556.