CVE-2026-26276: Gogs: DOM-based XSS via milestone selection

March 5, 2026

It was confirmed in a test environment that an attacker can store an HTML/JavaScript payload in a repository’s Milestone name, and when another user selects that Milestone on the New Issue page (/issues/new), a DOM-Based XSS is triggered.

References

github.com/advisories/GHSA-vgjm-2cpf-4g7c
github.com/gogs/gogs
github.com/gogs/gogs/commit/9001a68cdda7bd9c078ffd6d1c4622905ac11e5c
github.com/gogs/gogs/pull/8178
github.com/gogs/gogs/releases/tag/v0.14.2
github.com/gogs/gogs/security/advisories/GHSA-vgjm-2cpf-4g7c
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-26276

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