Vulnerability · Published Mar 28, 2022 · Assigned by GitLab

CVE-2022-0549

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 0.9% (higher than 60% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)6.5Medium

Exploit odds (30 days)0.9%top 39.6% 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 before 14.3.6, all versions starting from 14.4 before 14.4.4, all versions starting from 14.5 before 14.5.2. Under certain conditions, GitLab REST API may allow unprivileged users to add other users to groups even if that is not possible to do through the Web UI.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
GitLab	GitLab	>=14.5, <14.5.2>=14.4, <14.4.4>=13.2, <14.3.6

References

https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/342448 x_refsource_MISC
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2022/CVE-2022-0549.json x_refsource_CONFIRM