{"cve":"CVE-2020-14144","nvd":{"published":"2020-10-16T14:15:11.470","modified":"2026-06-17T02:54:17.050","status":"Modified","description":"The git hook feature in Gitea 1.1.0 through 1.12.5 might allow for authenticated remote code execution in customer environments where the documentation was not understood (e.g., one viewpoint is that the dangerousness of this feature should be documented immediately above the ENABLE_GIT_HOOKS line in the config file). NOTE: The vendor has indicated this is not a vulnerability and states \"This is a functionality of the software that is limited to a very limited subset of accounts. If you give someone the privilege to execute arbitrary code on your server, they can execute arbitrary code on your server. We provide very clear warnings to users around this functionality and what it provides.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","score":7.2},"cwes":["CWE-78"],"references":["http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/162122/Gitea-Git-Hooks-Remote-Code-Execution.html","https://docs.github.com/en/enterprise-server%402.19/admin/policies/creating-a-pre-receive-hook-script","https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/administration/server_hooks.html","https://github.com/PandatiX/CVE-2021-28378","https://github.com/PandatiX/CVE-2021-28378#notes"],"products":["gitea:gitea"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T21:09:53.489947993+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2020-14144","score":0.95432,"percentile":0.99869,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[{"id":"GHSA-3h6c-c475-jm7v","url":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-3h6c-c475-jm7v","summary":"Arbitrary Code Execution in Gitea","modified":"2024-04-22T19:41:45.593034Z","packages":[{"ecosystem":"Go","name":"code.gitea.io/gitea","purl":"pkg:golang/code.gitea.io/gitea","ranges":[">=1.1.0 <1.12.6"],"fixed":["1.12.6"]}]}],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}