Vulnerability in Gitea

CVE-2022-42968

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

EPSS: 0.011 (62.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Gitea
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-88 — Argument Injection

References

cve@mitre.org (Patch, Third Party Advisory)
cve@mitre.org (Third Party Advisory, Release Notes)
cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-42968?: CVE-2022-42968 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Gitea, classified under Argument Injection. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2022-10-16.
How severe is CVE-2022-42968?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.