CVE-2022-42968

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    CVE-2022-42968

    Published: 16 Oct 2022Last Modified: 12 Aug 2026

    Summary:

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

    References: https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/releases/tag/v1.17.3, https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2022/42xxx/CVE-2022-42968.json, https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-42968, https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202210-14, https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/pull/21463

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name:

    Purl:

    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -f48fda8eefa4d47e335f01ac92366b9373950e0e

    Affected versions

    v1.17.2
    v1.17.1
    v1.17.0
    v1.17.0-rc2
    v1.17.0-rc1
    v1.17.0-dev

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
    CVE-2022-42968 | CVE-DB