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CVE-2026-52809

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

Published: Jun 24, 2026Updated: Jun 26, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVDCWE-324
6.8MEDIUM
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
0.2%
Top 89.8%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
No Fix Available

Description

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.

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:HPR:NUI:RS:UC:HI:HA:N
Exploitability
AV:NAttack Vector
Network
AC:HAttack Complexity
High
PR:NPrivileges Required
None
UI:RUser Interaction
Required
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:HConfidentiality
High
I:HIntegrity
High
A:NAvailability
None
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Weaknesses

CWE-324CWE-613

Affected Products

gogs
oss-projectaka gogs/gogs
gogsOn-prem
DevTools & CI / ci-cd

Exploitability

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MITRE ATT&CK

2 techniques
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References

https://github.com/gogs/gogs/releases/tag/v0.14.3
github.com
https://github.com/gogs/gogs/security/advisories/GHSA-5c3f-6486-3g7g
github.com
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