GHSA-4j89-2c4f-44c6: Gogs has DoS in rendering issue index pattern
Summary
Special template of issue index pattern may cause panic.
Details
in internal/markup/markup.go
link = fmt.Sprintf(<a href="%s">%s</a>, com.Expand(metas["format"], metas), m)
Issue index pattern is rendered to link with com.Expand.
However, com.Expand is not safe.
i = strings.Index(template, "}")
if s, ok := match[template[:i]]; ok {
when { is found but } not found, i comes to 1, template[:-1] will be called, and then panicked
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finally, all pages than contains issue index are unavailable.
PoC
1. set issue index pattern as follow
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2. add a commit which point to an issue in its msg
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using #1 above
Impact
DoS that cause part of pages of the specify repo unavailable.
Details
Original advisory: https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-4j89-2c4f-44c6
Exploitation outlook
EPSS (FIRST.org) estimates each CVE’s probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — here is the CSIRTS.com read on those numbers.
- Low exploitation riskCVE-2026-527960.23% 30-day exploitation probability — currently an unlikely target, but scores change as exploit code circulates. Riskier than 13% of all scored CVEs.
Referenced CVEs
| CVE | CSIRTS overview | External |
|---|---|---|
| CVE-2026-52796 | coverage & exploitation status | NVD · CVE.org |
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