Vulnerability · Published Oct 17, 2022 · Assigned by GitLab

CVE-2022-2931

High 7.5

In plain English

A high-severity security flaw in GitLab from GitLab. Proof-of-concept exploit code is public. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 1.6% (higher than 75% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)7.5High
Exploit odds (30 days)1.6%top 24.5% 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 15.1.6, all versions starting from 15.2 before 15.2.4, all versions starting from 15.3 before 15.3.2. Malformed content added to the issue description could have been used to trigger high CPU usage.

Affected products (as reported)

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

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