CVE-2022-30781 — Shell command injection in gitea

Description

Gitea before 1.16.7 does not escape git fetch remote.

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

Alpine

Security tracker ↗

Release	Package	Fixed in	Advisory
Alpine v3.24	gitea	1.16.7-r0	—
Alpine v3.23	gitea	1.16.7-r0	—
Alpine v3.22	gitea	1.16.7-r0	—
Alpine v3.21	gitea	1.16.7-r0	—
Alpine v3.20	gitea	1.16.7-r0	—

Show 4 more (older releases, extended support, other products)

Release	Package	Fixed in	Advisory
Alpine v3.19	gitea	1.16.7-r0	—
Alpine v3.18	gitea	1.16.7-r0	—
Alpine v3.17	gitea	1.16.7-r0	—
Alpine v3.16	gitea	1.16.7-r0	—

Public exploits

Exploit or proof-of-concept code for this vulnerability is publicly available, which lowers the bar for attackers. Treat it as a reason to patch sooner.

Third-party code, not reviewed by us. Public PoCs are sometimes fake or contain malware. Read the code first and run it only in an isolated lab, against systems you are authorised to test.

Metasploit 1 module

Gitea Git Fetch Remote Code Execution
exploit/multi/http/gitea_git_fetch_rce

Exploit-DB 1

Gitea 1.16.6 - Remote Code Execution (RCE) (Metasploit) EDB-51009 · webapps · Sep 15, 2022 · verified

GitHub 2 repositories

wuhan005/CVE-2022-30781 ★ 86 · May 22, 2022

🍵 Gitea repository migration remote command execution exploit.
403ArkhamS3c/cve-gitea ★ 1 · Oct 28, 2026

CVE-2022-30781

Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.

Affected packages

Ecosystem	Package	Affected	Fixed	Record
Go	code.gitea.io/gitea	< 1.16.7	1.16.7	GHSA-p5f9-c9j9-g8qx