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

- Severity: CVSS 9.0 (Critical), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:L
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 4.1.0
- Published: 2022-11-22 · Updated: 2025-04-23

## Affected

- sourcegraph: fixed in 4.1.0

## 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.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on sourcegraph, upgrade to a fixed version (4.1.0) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

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

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