CVE-2022-42968: Gitea

Critical severity, CVSS 9.8. EPSS: 1.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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

Affected products

• Gitea Gitea: before 1.17.3 (fixed in 1.17.3)

Published 2022-10-16. Last modified 2026-06-17.