Vulnerability · Published Apr 4, 2022 · Assigned by GitLab

CVE-2022-1174

Medium 4.3

In plain English

A medium-severity security flaw in GitLab from GitLab. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 1.5% (higher than 74% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)4.3Medium

Exploit odds (30 days)1.5%top 25.6% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

A potential DoS vulnerability was discovered in Gitlab CE/EE versions 13.7 before 14.7.7, all versions starting from 14.8 before 14.8.5, all versions starting from 14.9 before 14.9.2 allowed an attacker to trigger high CPU usage via a special crafted input added in Issues, Merge requests, Milestones, Snippets, Wiki pages, etc.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
GitLab	GitLab	>=13.7, <14.7.7>=14.8, <14.8.5>=14.9, <14.9.2

References

https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/338721 x_refsource_MISC
https://hackerone.com/reports/1305431 x_refsource_MISC
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2022/CVE-2022-1174.json x_refsource_CONFIRM