Arbitrary file deletion in gitea

HIGH 7.5CVE-2022-27313 · BIT-gitea-2022-27313 · GHSA-g7p7-x6w7-w6qg · Published 03/05/2022 · updated 17/06/2026

In short

CVE-2022-27313 is a HIGH (CVSS 7.5) vulnerability affecting code.gitea.io/gitea, gitea (gitea).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 1.0%, higher than 64.0% of all vulnerabilities.
Fix: update to 1.16.4 or later.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
code.gitea.io/gitea Go	`< 1.16.4`	`1.16.4`
gitea gitea	`= 1.16.3`	No fix yet

An arbitrary file deletion vulnerability in Gitea v1.16.3 allows attackers to cause a Denial of Service (DoS) via deleting the configuration file.

NVD description

An arbitrary file deletion vulnerability in Gitea v1.16.3 allows attackers to cause a Denial of Service (DoS) via deleting the configuration file.

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Package

Affected versions

Patched versions

< 1.16.4

1.16.4

= 1.16.3

No fix yet

Description

An arbitrary file deletion vulnerability in Gitea v1.16.3 allows attackers to cause a Denial of Service (DoS) via deleting the configuration file.

NVD description

An arbitrary file deletion vulnerability in Gitea v1.16.3 allows attackers to cause a Denial of Service (DoS) via deleting the configuration file.

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