CVE-2026-52809 PUBLISHED

Gogs: Password-reset tokens use account-activation lifetime, ignoring RESET_PASSWORD_CODE_LIVES

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

Gogs is an open source self-hosted Git service. Prior to 0.14.3, password-reset tokens are generated using conf.Auth.ActivateCodeLives (the account-activation lifetime), not conf.Auth.ResetPasswordCodeLives. The token lifetime is baked into the token itself at generation time and is re-extracted from the token at verification time, making RESET_PASSWORD_CODE_LIVES irrelevant to actual enforcement. When an administrator configures a shorter reset window (e.g., 10 minutes) for compliance or security reasons, reset tokens remain exploitable for the full activation lifetime instead, while the reset email falsely advertises the shorter expiry. This vulnerability is fixed in 0.14.3.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
CVSS Score: 6.8

Product Status

Vendor gogs
Product gogs
Versions
  • Version < 0.14.3 is affected

References

Problem Types

  • CWE-324: Use of a Key Past its Expiration Date CWE
  • CWE-613: Insufficient Session Expiration CWE