# CVE-2022-31155: Unauthorized overwriting of saved searches in Sourcegraph

> Attackers can overwrite other users' saved searches due to a missing authorization check in Sourcegraph.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.3 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 1 Aug 2022
- **Updated:** 23 Apr 2025

## What is CVE-2022-31155?

CVE-2022-31155 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in sourcegraph, published on 1 Aug 2022. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Sourcegraph is an opensource code search and navigation engine. In Sourcegraph versions before 3.41.0, it is possible for an attacker to delete other users’ saved searches due to a bug in the authorization check. The vulnerability does not allow the reading of other users’ saved searches, only overwriting them with attacker-controlled searches. The issue is patched in Sourcegraph version 3.41.0. There is no workaround for this issue and updating to a secure version is highly recommended.

Weakness: CWE-863 (Incorrect Authorization)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-31155?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Sourcegraph Sourcegraph.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-31155?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-31155 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2022-31155 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-31155 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in sourcegraph

- [CVE-2022-41943](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-41943/): Incorrect default permissions found in Sourcegraph (critical 9.0)
- [CVE-2022-23642](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-23642/): Code Injection in Sourcegraph (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2022-41942](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-41942/): Sourcegraph vulnerable to Comand Injection via gitserver (high 7.9)
- [CVE-2022-29171](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-29171/): Remote Code Execution in sourcegraph (medium 6.6)
- [CVE-2022-23643](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-23643/): Side-channel attack in Sourcegraph Code Monitors (medium 6.5)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-31155 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-31155 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in sourcegraph, published on 1 Aug 2022. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-31155 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: sourcegraph. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-31155/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-31155/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-31155
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-31155
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-31155

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-31155/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.