Check Point Advisories

Gogs Path Traversal (CVE-2024-55947)

Vulnerability
Protection

Check Point Reference:	CPAI-2024-1367
Date Published:	13 Feb 2025
Severity:	Medium
Last Updated:	Thursday 13 February, 2025
Source:
Industry Reference:	CVE-2024-55947
Protection Provided by:	Security Gateway R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable?	Gogs Gogs prior to 0.13.2
Vulnerability Description	A path traversal vulnerability exists for Gogs. Successfully exploiting this vulnerability could result in arbitrary file write and, in the worst case, command execution.

Protection Overview

This protection detects attempts to exploit this vulnerability.

In order for the protection to be activated, update your Security Gateway product to the latest IPS update. For information on how to update IPS, go to SBP-2006-05, click on Protection tab and select the version of your choice.

Security Gateway R81 / R80 / R77 / R75

In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the Gogs Path Traversal (CVE-2024-55947) protection using the Search tool and Edit the protection's settings.
Install policy on all Security Gateways.

This protection's log will contain the following information:

Attack Name: Web Server Enforcement Violation.
Attack Information: Gogs Path Traversal (CVE-2024-55947)