CVE-2026-52795 PUBLISHED

Gogs: Authorization Bypass in Watch API allows any user to monitor private repository activity

Assigner: GitHub_M
Reserved: 08.06.2026 Published: 24.06.2026 Updated: 25.06.2026

Gogs is an open source self-hosted Git service. In 0.14.3 and earlier, any authenticated user can watch a private repository they have no access to, because the access check in the Watch API handler is inverted. The code checks if repoCtx.ViewerCanRead() (returns 404 when the user CAN read) instead of if !repoCtx.ViewerCanRead() (return 404 when the user CANNOT read). Once watching, the attacker's dashboard activity feed shows commit messages, branch names, issue titles, and PR details from the private repository. If email notifications are enabled, the attacker also receives emails containing issue and comment content.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
CVSS Score: 4.3

Product Status

Vendor gogs
Product gogs
Versions
  • Version <= 0.14.3 is affected

References

Problem Types

  • CWE-863: Incorrect Authorization CWE