6.5

CVE-2022-38183: gitea Missing Authorization

Modified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2022-38183GHSA-fhv8-m4j4-cww2BIT-gitea-2022-38183
Published 12-08-2022Last modified 03-08-2024

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2022-38183 is a medium (CVSS 6.5) Missing Authorization vulnerability in gitea. EPSS estimates a 0.86% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 58.2% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
26/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
6.5/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.86%
0%100%
Low · +0.02 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 12-08-2022
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 03-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

In Gitea before 1.16.9, it was possible for users to add existing issues to projects. Due to improper access controls, an attacker could assign any issue to any project in Gitea (there was no permission check for fetching the issue). As a result, the attacker would get access to private issue titles.

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 3 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.86%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

58%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

Increase +0.02 pp

From 0.85% on 22-09-2026

22-09-202622-10-2026

Known exploited

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CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Ubuntu2 products
  • golang-code.gitea-gitAll versions (No fix recorded)
  • golang-code.gitea-sdkAll versions (No fix recorded)
Code.gitea.io1 product
  • gitea< 1.16.9
Gitea1 product

3 vendors · 4 products

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