High severity · published Apr 4, 2022
CVE-2022-1174
A potential DoS vulnerability was discovered in Gitlab CE/EE versions 13.7 before 14.7.7, all versions starting from 14.8 before 14.8.5, all versions starting from 14.9 before…
7.5
CVSS
1.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
A potential DoS vulnerability was discovered in Gitlab CE/EE versions 13.7 before 14.7.7, all versions starting from 14.8 before 14.8.5, all versions starting from 14.9 before 14.9.2 allowed an attacker to trigger high CPU usage via a special crafted input added in Issues, Merge requests, Milestones, Snippets, Wiki pages, etc.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.5% · higher than 74% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
GI
GitLab · GitLab
13.7.0 before 14.7.7; 13.7.0 before 14.7.7; 14.8.0 before 14.8.5; 14.8.0 before 14.8.5; 14.9.0 before 14.9.2; 14.9.0 before 14.9.2 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-1174
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-1174
Vendor Advisory
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2022/CVE-2022-1174.json
Broken Link
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/338721
Permissions Required
https://hackerone.com/reports/1305431
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