CVE-2022-38183
mediumpriority · track · 26OT risk · elevatedEPSS 0.009 · 58 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-26
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
Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode
weaknesses
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affected products (4)
Products and version ranges known to be affected.
advisories (3)
Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.
- GHSA-fhv8-m4j4-cww2Gitea allowed assignment of private issues2022-08-13ghsa · osvUS
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.
- BIT-gitea-2022-381832024-03-06vendor · osvUS
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.
- GO-2024-2769Gitea allowed assignment of private issues in code.gitea.io/gitea2024-06-10vendor · osvUS
Gitea allowed assignment of private issues in code.gitea.io/gitea
also known as (6)
Other names and identifiers for this entity.
- CNNVD-202208-2961cnnvd
- EUVD-2022-6551enisa_euvd
- GHSA-fhv8-m4j4-cww2enisa_euvd
- BIT-gitea-2022-38183osv
- GHSA-fhv8-m4j4-cww2osv
- GO-2024-2769osv
sources
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references (11)
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- https://blog.gitea.io/2022/07/gitea-1.16.9-is-released/cnnvd
- https://cxsecurity.com/cveshow/CVE-2022-38183/cnnvd
- https://herolab.usd.de/security-advisories/usd-2022-0015/cnnvd
- https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/169570/Gentoo-Linux-Security-Advisory-202210-14.htmlcnnvd
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202210-14cnnvd
- https://blog.gitea.io/2022/07/gitea-1.16.9-is-released/enisa_euvd
- https://herolab.usd.de/security-advisories/usd-2022-0015/enisa_euvd
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202210-14enisa_euvd
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