Vulnerability · Published Jan 18, 2022 · Assigned by GitLab

CVE-2022-0090

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 1.3% (higher than 71% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)6.5Medium

Exploit odds (30 days)1.3%top 29.3% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

An issue has been discovered affecting GitLab versions prior to 14.4.5, between 14.5.0 and 14.5.3, and between 14.6.0 and 14.6.1. GitLab is configured in a way that it doesn't ignore replacement references with git sub-commands, allowing a malicious user to spoof the contents of their commits in the UI.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
GitLab	GitLab	<14.4.5>=14.5.0, <14.5.3>=14.6.0, <14.6.1

References

https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitaly/-/issues/3948 x_refsource_MISC
https://hackerone.com/reports/1415964 x_refsource_MISC
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2022/CVE-2022-0090.json x_refsource_CONFIRM