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Gogs is an open-source, self-hosted Git service written in Go, offering a lightweight alternative to GitHub for hosting code repositories.
Rapid7 scored it 9.9 and Gogs shipped 0.14.3 on June 7, 2026. The reason it rates that high is configuration: open registration and unlimited repository creation let a stranger own the repo they attack from.
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Wiz's count of exploited Gogs instances rests on one attacker's habit of leaving its randomly named repositories in place, which makes 700 of 1,500 a floor for a single campaign rather than a measure of who is exposed.
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The patch for the last Gogs RCE validated the path parameter and never looked at where a committed symlink pointed. Wiz counted more than 700 already-compromised instances before v0.13.4 shipped.
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An SC Media commentary says ColdFusion and Gogs exploitation shows adversaries going after developer platforms directly. The targeting logic holds up better than the remedy attached to it.
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Check Point says Microsoft's signed BTR.sys remediation driver can be repurposed as a kernel operation engine with no vulnerable driver needed. Signature-based blocking does not apply.
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