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CVE-2022-42968

Gitea vulnerable to Argument Injection

9.8 CriticalFix available

Gitea before 1.17.3 does not sanitize and escape refs in the git backend. Arguments to git commands are mishandled.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges needed
None
User interaction
None

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

Exploit likelihood

1.43%Up 0.5 points since Oct 16, 2022
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

NVD Score used 9.8

Gitea before 1.17.3 does not sanitize and escape refs in the git backend. Arguments to git commands are mishandled.

Record
CVE-2022-42968
CVSS 3.1
9.8 CriticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness
CWE-88
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE List 9.8

Gitea before 1.17.3 does not sanitize and escape refs in the git backend. Arguments to git commands are mishandled.

Record
CVE-2022-42968
CVSS 3.1
9.8 CriticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness
CWE-88
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2022-7173 9.8

Gitea before 1.17.3 does not sanitize and escape refs in the git backend. Arguments to git commands are mishandled.

Record
EUVD-2022-7173
CVSS 3.1
9.8 CriticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-w8xw-7crf-h23x 9.8

Gitea vulnerable to Argument Injection

Gitea before 1.17.3 does not sanitize and escape refs in the git backend. Arguments to git commands are mishandled.

Record
GHSA-w8xw-7crf-h23x
CVSS 3.1
9.8 CriticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness
CWE-88
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVALPINE-CVE-2022-42968 9.8

Gitea before 1.17.3 does not sanitize and escape refs in the git backend. Arguments to git commands are mishandled.

Record
ALPINE-CVE-2022-42968
CVSS 3.1
9.8 CriticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Updated
2026-11-03
OSV 9.8

Gitea before 1.17.3 does not sanitize and escape refs in the git backend. Arguments to git commands are mishandled.

Record
CVE-2022-42968
CVSS 3.1
9.8 CriticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVGHSA-w8xw-7crf-h23x 9.8

Gitea vulnerable to Argument Injection

Gitea before 1.17.3 does not sanitize and escape refs in the git backend. Arguments to git commands are mishandled.

Record
GHSA-w8xw-7crf-h23x
CVSS 3.1
9.8 CriticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness
CWE-88
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVBIT-gitea-2022-42968 No score

Gitea before 1.17.3 does not sanitize and escape refs in the git backend. Arguments to git commands are mishandled.

Record
BIT-gitea-2022-42968
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVGO-2022-1065 No score

Gitea vulnerable to Argument Injection in code.gitea.io/gitea

Gitea vulnerable to Argument Injection in code.gitea.io/gitea

Record
GO-2022-1065
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

Affected packages

Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
github.com/go-gitea/gitea
Go
 before 1.17.3
1.17.3
gitea
Alpine:v3.17
 before 1.17.3-r0
1.17.3-r0
gitea
Alpine:v3.18
 before 1.17.3-r0
1.17.3-r0
gitea
Alpine:v3.19
 before 1.17.3-r0
1.17.3-r0
gitea
Alpine:v3.20
 before 1.17.3-r0
1.17.3-r0
gitea
Alpine:v3.21
 before 1.17.3-r0
1.17.3-r0
gitea
Alpine:v3.22
 before 1.17.3-r0
1.17.3-r0
gitea
Alpine:v3.23
 before 1.17.3-r0
1.17.3-r0
gitea
Alpine:v3.24
 before 1.17.3-r0
1.17.3-r0
gitea
Bitnami
 before 1.17.3
1.17.3
code.gitea.io/gitea
Go
 before 1.17.3
1.17.3

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
affected, aliases, referencesOSV
first indexedCVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2022-42968 is a critical vulnerability (CVSS 9.8) in Gitea, published October 16, 2022. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.43%, the 73rd percentile. Fixed in github.com/go-gitea/gitea 1.17.3.

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