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

> Site admins could execute arbitrary commands on Gitserver via the experimental customGitFetch feature, which is now disabled by default.

- **Severity:** Critical 9.0 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:L`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** An administrator
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 22 Nov 2022
- **Updated:** 23 Apr 2025

## What is CVE-2022-41943?

CVE-2022-41943 is a critical command injection vulnerability in sourcegraph, published on 22 Nov 2022. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.

### Official 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.

Weakness: CWE-276 (Incorrect Default Permissions)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-41943?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Sourcegraph Sourcegraph.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-41943?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-41943 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2022-41943 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-41943 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in sourcegraph

- [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)
- [CVE-2021-43823](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-43823/): Side-channel attack in Sourcegraph (medium 6.5)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-41943 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-41943 is a critical command injection vulnerability in sourcegraph, published on 22 Nov 2022. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-41943 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-2022-41943/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-41943/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-41943
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-41943
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-41943

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-41943/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.