CVE-2022-41943: Incorrect default permissions found in Sourcegraph

Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2022-11-22 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-276

Description

sourcegraph is a code intelligence platform. As a site admin it was possible to execute arbitrary commands on Gitserver when the experimental `customGitFetch` feature was enabled. This experimental feature has now been disabled by default. This issue has been patched in version 4.1.0.

Affected products

sourcegraph: before 4.1.0 — fixed in 4.1.0

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: sourcegraph 4.1.0. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://github.com/sourcegraph/sourcegraph/pull/42704
https://github.com/sourcegraph/sourcegraph/security/advisories/GHSA-4qhq-4x4h-fxm8
https://github.com/sourcegraph/sourcegraph/pull/42704
https://github.com/sourcegraph/sourcegraph/security/advisories/GHSA-4qhq-4x4h-fxm8

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