CVE-2022-42968 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00159.

Exploitation none

Automatable yes

Technical Impact total

Vendors	Products
Gitea	Gitea

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:gitea:gitea:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-w8xw-7crf-h23x
https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/pull/21463
https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/releases/tag/v1.17.3
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-42968
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202210-14
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-42968

History

Fri, 11 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics	epss `{'score': 0.00138}`	epss `{'score': 0.00157}`

Wed, 14 May 2025 15:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2022-10-16T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2025-05-14T14:34:03.454Z

Reserved: 2022-10-16T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2022-42968

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T13:19:05.488Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-10-16T04:15:09.347

Modified: 2025-05-14T15:15:54.047

Link: CVE-2022-42968

Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2022-10-16T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2022-42968 - Bugzilla

OpenCVE Enrichment

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