CVE-2022-41943
Incorrect default permissions found in Sourcegraph
sourcegraph is a code intelligence platform. As a site admin it was possible to execute arbitrary commands on Gitserver when the experimental customGitFetch feature was enabled. This experimental feature has now been disabled by default. This issue has been patched in version 4.1.0.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- High
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- Low
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Incorrect default permissions found in Sourcegraph
sourcegraph is a code intelligence platform. As a site admin it was possible to execute arbitrary commands on Gitserver when the experimental customGitFetch feature was enabled. This experimental feature has now been disabled by default. This issue has been patched in version 4.1.0.
- Record
CVE-2022-41943- CVSS 3.1
- 9.0 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:L - Weakness
- CWE-276
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2022-45054
sourcegraph is a code intelligence platform. As a site admin it was possible to execute arbitrary commands on Gitserver when the experimental customGitFetch feature was enabled. This experimental feature has now been disabled by default. This issue has been patched in version 4.1.0.
- Record
EUVD-2022-45054- CVSS 3.1
- 9.0 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:L - Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
sourcegraph is a code intelligence platform. As a site admin it was possible to execute arbitrary commands on Gitserver when the experimental customGitFetch feature was enabled. This experimental feature has now been disabled by default. This issue has been patched in version 4.1.0.
- Record
CVE-2022-41943- CVSS 3.1
- 9.0 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:L - CVSS 3.1
- 7.2 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-276
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2022-41943 is a critical vulnerability (CVSS 9.0) in Sourcegraph, published November 22, 2022. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.85%, the 79th percentile. No source names a fixed version.