Vulnerability · Published Oct 17, 2022 · Assigned by GitLab

CVE-2022-3283

High 7.5

In plain English

A high-severity uncontrolled resource consumption in GitLab from GitLab. Proof-of-concept exploit code is public. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 1.7% (higher than 78% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)7.5High
Exploit odds (30 days)1.7%top 22.1% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: poc
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

A potential DOS vulnerability was discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions before before 15.2.5, all versions starting from 15.3 before 15.3.4, all versions starting from 15.4 before 15.4.1 While cloning an issue with special crafted content added to the description could have been used to trigger high CPU usage.

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
GitLab GitLab >=15.4, <15.4.1>=15.3, <15.3.4<15.2.5

Weakness: CWE-400 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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