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CriticalPublic exploit

Argument Injection in Gogs Changes Preview

IdentifiersCVE-2024-39932CWE-88

Gogs through 0.13.0 contains an argument injection vulnerability in the code path used for previewing changes. The issue allows attacker-controlled input to be interpreted as command-line arguments during the preview operation, rather than being treated strictly as data. The provided context identifies this as one of several Gogs argument-injection flaws and notes that the remediation for this specific issue involved adding an end-of-options separator ("--") to the underlying git diff invocation. This indicates the vulnerable behavior occurred when user-influenced values were passed to git diff without proper option delimiting, enabling crafted input to alter command behavior.

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Successful exploitation can let an attacker manipulate the arguments passed to the underlying git command during changes preview. Given the nature of argument injection against git operations in Gogs, impact may include unintended command behavior and potentially further compromise depending on the reachable code path and surrounding configuration. The provided content does not include a more specific verified impact statement for this CVE beyond argument injection during previewing of changes.

Mitigation

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If immediate upgrade is not possible, reduce exposure to untrusted repository content and untrusted users who can influence inputs processed by the changes preview feature. As a defensive coding measure, ensure all git command invocations use explicit end-of-options separators and avoid passing user-controlled values as command arguments without strict validation. The provided context does not include an official vendor mitigation beyond patching.

Remediation

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Upgrade Gogs to a fixed release newer than 0.13.0 that includes the patch for CVE-2024-39932. The supplied context states the fix was to add an end-of-options separator ("--") to the git diff invocation used in the changes preview path, preventing attacker-controlled input from being parsed as command options.
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