What is CVE-2020-14958?

CVE-2020-14958 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Gogs, classified under Improper Preservation of Permissions. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2020-06-21.

How severe is CVE-2020-14958?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Gogs

CVE-2020-14958

In Gogs 0.11.91, MakeEmailPrimary in models/user_mail.go lacks a "not the owner of the email" check.

Published 2020-06-21 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.009 (59.1th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 59th percentile — 59.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.009 · newest: 0.009 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Gogs — versions 0.11.91

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-281 — Improper Preservation of Permissions

References

github.com/gogs/gogs/commit/82ff0c5852f29daa5f95d965fd50665581e7ea3c (Patch, Third Party Advisory)
github.com/gogs/gogs/pull/5988 (Patch, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-14958?: CVE-2020-14958 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Gogs, classified under Improper Preservation of Permissions. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2020-06-21.
How severe is CVE-2020-14958?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.