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Vulnerability details: VCID-er41-47wq-vfeb
Vulnerability ID VCID-er41-47wq-vfeb
Aliases CVE-2022-42968
GHSA-w8xw-7crf-h23x
Summary Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Gitea, the worst of which could lead to denial of service
Status Published
Exploitability None
Weighted Severity None
Risk None
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (1)
CWE-88 Improper Neutralization of Argument Delimiters in a Command ('Argument Injection')
System Score Found at
cvssv3 9.8 https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2022-42968.json
epss 0.00525 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2022-42968
epss 0.00525 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2022-42968
epss 0.00525 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2022-42968
epss 0.00525 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2022-42968
epss 0.00525 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2022-42968
epss 0.00553 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2022-42968
epss 0.00553 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2022-42968
epss 0.00553 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2022-42968
epss 0.00553 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2022-42968
epss 0.00553 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2022-42968
epss 0.00553 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2022-42968
epss 0.00553 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2022-42968
epss 0.00553 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2022-42968
epss 0.00553 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2022-42968
cvssv3.1 9.8 https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea
generic_textual CRITICAL https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea
cvssv3.1 9.8 https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/pull/21463
generic_textual CRITICAL https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/pull/21463
ssvc Track https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/pull/21463
cvssv3.1 9.8 https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/releases/tag/v1.17.3
generic_textual CRITICAL https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/releases/tag/v1.17.3
ssvc Track https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/releases/tag/v1.17.3
cvssv3.1 9.8 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-42968
generic_textual CRITICAL https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-42968
cvssv3.1 9.8 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202210-14
generic_textual CRITICAL https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202210-14
ssvc Track https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202210-14
Reference id Reference type URL
https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2022-42968.json
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2022-42968
https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea
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
2135739 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2135739
GLSA-202210-14 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202210-14
No exploits are available.
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2022-42968.json
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/pull/21463
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Vector: SSVCv2/E:N/A:Y/T:T/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2025-05-14T14:33:59Z/ Found at https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/pull/21463
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/releases/tag/v1.17.3
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Vector: SSVCv2/E:N/A:Y/T:T/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2025-05-14T14:33:59Z/ Found at https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/releases/tag/v1.17.3
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-42968
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202210-14
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Vector: SSVCv2/E:N/A:Y/T:T/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2025-05-14T14:33:59Z/ Found at https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202210-14
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.6694
EPSS Score 0.00525
Published At April 2, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2026-04-01T13:03:36.545801+00:00 Gentoo Importer Import https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202210-14 38.0.0