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CVE-2022-30781

86
FAUCET Score

CVE-2022-30781 is a high-severity vulnerability affecting Gitea versions prior to 1.16.7, stemming from improper escaping of git fetch remote commands. This flaw allows for remote code execution (RCE) with low attack complexity, posing a significant integrity risk to affected systems. While not currently listed on CISA's KEV catalog, a Metasploit module for exploitation is publicly available, indicating a high likelihood of exploitation. Despite the availability of exploit code, there is currently no recorded community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 1.16.7CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:gitea:gitea:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.5HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
86.15%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
99.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
Metasploit: Gitea Git Fetch Remote Code Execution · May 16, 2022
ExploitDB: EDB-51009 · Sep 15, 2022
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.8615 is in the 100th percentile among its peer group of 51,506 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (7)

audiobookshelfpatch availablevia llm_extracted
axispatch availablevia llm_extracted
extreme_networkspatch availablevia llm_extracted
freebsdpatch availablevia llm_extracted
github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
gopatch availablevia ghsa
Product: code.gitea.io/giteaFixed in: 1.16.7
trendmicropatch availablevia llm_extracted

Vendor Advisories (6)

goGHSA-p5f9-c9j9-g8qxhigh

Shell command injection in gitea

May 17, 2022
trendmicrollm-trendmicro-e46e6b46d74ba052

Failed to validate migration url for external Github API

axisllm-axis-0f119160554643b4

Failed to validate migration url for external Github API

audiobookshelfllm-audiobookshelf-707584f705718559

Failed to validate migration url for external Github API

freebsdllm-freebsd-8bc02c33dae976ce

Failed to validate migration url for external Github API

extreme_networksllm-extreme_networks-b4bf5fad17e87d44

Failed to validate migration url for external Github API

References

packetstormsecurity.com / files/168400/Gitea-1.16.6-Remote-Code-Execution.html
ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
packetstormsecurity.com / files/169928/Gitea-Git-Fetch-Remote-Code-Execution.html
ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
blog.gitea.io / 2022/05/gitea-1.16.7-is-released
Release NotesVendor Advisory
github.com / go-gitea/gitea/pull/19487
PatchThird Party Advisory
github.com / go-gitea/gitea/pull/19490
PatchThird Party Advisory