Vulnerability · Published May 10, 2022 · Assigned by GitLab

CVE-2022-1431

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 26.0% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

An issue has been discovered in GitLab affecting all versions starting from 12.10 before 14.8.6, all versions starting from 14.9 before 14.9.4, all versions starting from 14.10 before 14.10.1. GitLab was not correctly handling malicious requests to the PyPi API endpoint allowing the attacker to cause uncontrolled resource consumption.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
GitLab	GitLab	>=12.10, <14.8.6>=14.9, <14.9.4>=14.10, <14.10.1

References

https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/262724 x_refsource_MISC
https://hackerone.com/reports/996850 x_refsource_MISC
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2022/CVE-2022-1431.json x_refsource_CONFIRM