What is CVE-2022-38795?

CVE-2022-38795 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Gitea. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2023-08-07.

How severe is CVE-2022-38795?

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

Vulnerability in Gitea

CVE-2022-38795

In Gitea through 1.17.1, repo cloning can occur in the migration function.

Published 2023-08-07 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

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

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.006 (44.5th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 44th percentile — 44.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.006 · newest: 0.006 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Gitea

References

github.com/go-gitea/gitea/pull/20869 (Patch, Vendor Advisory)
github.com/go-gitea/gitea/pull/20892 (Patch, Vendor Advisory)
blog.gitea.com/release-of-1.17.2/ (Release Notes)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-38795?: CVE-2022-38795 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Gitea. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2023-08-07.
How severe is CVE-2022-38795?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.