Vulnerability · Published Mar 28, 2022 · Assigned by GitLab

CVE-2022-0488

Low 3.5

In plain English

A low-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 0.7% (higher than 54% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)3.5Low

Exploit odds (30 days)0.7%top 46.3% 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 CE/EE affecting all versions starting with version 8.10. It was possible to trigger a timeout on a page with markdown by using a specific amount of block-quotes.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
GitLab	GitLab	>=14.7, <14.7.1>=14.6, <14.6.4>=8.10, <14.5.4

References

https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/23520 x_refsource_MISC
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2022/CVE-2022-0488.json x_refsource_CONFIRM