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Improper Authentication

CVE-2025-64175

High
7.7/10

Summary

Gogs is an open-source self-hosted Git service. In versions through 0.13.3, Gogs 2FA recovery code validation does not scope codes by user, enabling cross-account bypass. If an attacker knows a victim's username and password, they can use any unused recovery code (e.g., from their own account) to bypass the victim's 2FA. This enables full account takeover and renders 2FA ineffective in all environments where it's enabled.

  • LOW
  • NETWORK
  • HIGH
  • UNCHANGED
  • NONE
  • LOW
  • HIGH
  • HIGH

CWE-287 - Improper Authentication

Improper (or broken) authentication attacks are widespread, and have accounted for many of the worst data breaches in recent years. Improper authentication attacks are a class of vulnerabilities where an attacker impersonates a legitimate user by exploiting weaknesses in either session management or credential management to gain access to the user’s account. This can result in disclosure of sensitive information, and can lead to system compromise, theft, identity theft, and fraud.

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published