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CVE-2022-42968

31
FAUCET Score

CVE-2022-42968 is a critical vulnerability affecting Gitea versions prior to 1.17.3, stemming from improper sanitization and escaping of refs in the git backend, leading to mishandled arguments in git commands. With a CVSS score of 9.8 (CRITICAL), this vulnerability allows unauthenticated remote attackers to achieve full compromise (confidentiality, integrity, and availability) with low attack complexity. Despite its high severity, there is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 1.17.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:gitea:gitea:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

9.8CRITICAL

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.05%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
60.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0105 is in the 46th percentile among its peer group of 36,833 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (2)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
gopatch availablevia ghsa
Product: github.com/go-gitea/giteaFixed in: 1.17.3

Vendor Advisories (2)

goGHSA-w8xw-7crf-h23xcritical

Gitea vulnerable to Argument Injection

Oct 16, 2022
redhatCVE-2022-42968Moderate

gitea: Sanitize and Escape refs in git backend

Oct 16, 2022

References

github.com / go-gitea/gitea/pull/21463
PatchThird Party Advisory
github.com / go-gitea/gitea/releases/tag/v1.17.3
Release NotesThird Party Advisory
security.gentoo.org / glsa/202210-14
Third Party Advisory