Vulnerability · Published Aug 5, 2022 · Assigned by GitLab

CVE-2022-2531

Medium 5.3

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 1.4% (higher than 72% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)5.3Medium

Exploit odds (30 days)1.4%top 27.7% 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 EE affecting all versions starting from 12.5 before 15.0.5, all versions starting from 15.1 before 15.1.4, all versions starting from 15.2 before 15.2.1. GitLab was not performing correct authentication on Grafana API under specific conditions allowing unauthenticated users to perform queries through a path traversal vulnerability.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
GitLab	GitLab	>=12.5, <15.0.5>=15.1, <15.1.4>=15.2, <15.2.1

References

https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/364252 x_refsource_MISC
https://hackerone.com/reports/1566306 x_refsource_MISC
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2022/CVE-2022-2531.json x_refsource_CONFIRM