Vulnerability · Published Oct 17, 2022 · Assigned by GitLab

CVE-2022-2592

Medium 6.5

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 75% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)6.5Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)1.5%top 25.0% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

A lack of length validation in Snippet descriptions in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions prior to 15.1.6, 15.2 prior to 15.2.4 and 15.3 prior to 15.3.2 allows an authenticated attacker to create a maliciously large Snippet which when requested with or without authentication places excessive load on the server, potential leading to Denial of Service.

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
GitLab GitLab >=12.9.8, <15.1.6>=15.2, <15.2.4>=15.3, <15.3.2

Weakness: CWE-1284 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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