Vulnerability · Published Jan 27, 2023 · Assigned by GitLab

CVE-2022-4205

Medium 6.3

In plain English

A medium-severity type confusion 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 0.6% (higher than 49% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)6.3Medium

Exploit odds (30 days)0.6%top 51.0% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

In Gitlab EE/CE before 15.6.1, 15.5.5 and 15.4.6 using a branch with a hexadecimal name could override an existing hash.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
GitLab	GitLab	>=1.0, <12.9.8>=15.5, <15.5.5>=15.6, <15.6.1

Weakness: CWE-843 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:L

References

https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/374082
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2022/CVE-2022-4205.json