Multiple vulnerabilities in GitLab Community Edition (CE) and Enterprise Edition (EE)

1) Cross-site scripting

EUVDB-ID: #VU60307

Risk: Low

CVSSv4.0: 1.2 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear]

CVE-ID: CVE-2022-0427

CWE-ID: CWE-79 - Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

Exploit availability: No

Description

The disclosed vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied data in Jupyter notebooks. A remote authenticated attacker can trick the victim to follow a specially crafted link and execute arbitrary HTML and script code in user's browser in context of vulnerable website.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to steal potentially sensitive information, change appearance of the web page, perform phishing and drive-by-download attacks.

Mitigation

Install updates from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Gitlab Community Edition: 14.5.0 - 14.7.0

GitLab Enterprise Edition: 14.5.0 - 14.7.0

CPE2.3

External links

https://about.gitlab.com/releases/2022/02/03/security-release-gitlab-14-7-1-released/

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote authenticated user via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.

2) Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF)

EUVDB-ID: #VU60308

Risk: Medium

CVSSv4.0: 2.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green]

CVE-ID: CVE-2022-0425

CWE-ID: CWE-918 - Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF)

Exploit availability: No

Description

The disclosed vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform SSRF attacks.

The vulnerability exists due to a DNS rebinding issue in the Irker IRC Gateway integration. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted HTTP request and trick the application to initiate requests to arbitrary systems.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker gain access to sensitive data, located in the local network or send malicious requests to other servers from the vulnerable system.

Mitigation

Install updates from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Gitlab Community Edition: 7.9 - 14.7.0

GitLab Enterprise Edition: 7.9.0 - 14.7.0

CPE2.3

External links

https://about.gitlab.com/releases/2022/02/03/security-release-gitlab-14-7-1-released/

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.

3) Improper Certificate Validation

EUVDB-ID: #VU60309

Risk: Low

CVSSv4.0: 4.5 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear]

CVE-ID: CVE-2022-0123

CWE-ID: CWE-295 - Improper Certificate Validation

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote user to compromise the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to improper certificate validation for external CI services. A remote administrator can perform a man-in-the-middle (MitM) attack on connections to these external services.

Mitigation

Install updates from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Gitlab Community Edition: 14.0.0 - 14.6.1

GitLab Enterprise Edition: 14.0.0 - 14.6.1

CPE2.3

External links

https://about.gitlab.com/releases/2022/02/03/security-release-gitlab-14-7-1-released/

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote authenticated privileged user via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.

4) Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF)

EUVDB-ID: #VU60310

Risk: Medium

CVSSv4.0: 1.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green]

CVE-ID: CVE-2022-0136

CWE-ID: CWE-918 - Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF)

Exploit availability: No

Description

The disclosed vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform SSRF attacks.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input in the Project Import feature. A remote authenticated attacker can send a specially crafted HTTP request and trick the application to initiate requests to arbitrary systems.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker gain access to sensitive data, located in the local network or send malicious requests to other servers from the vulnerable system.

Mitigation

Install updates from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Gitlab Community Edition: 10.5 - 14.7.0

GitLab Enterprise Edition: 10.5.0 - 14.7.0

CPE2.3

External links

https://about.gitlab.com/releases/2022/02/03/security-release-gitlab-14-7-1-released/

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote authenticated user via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.

5) Improper access control

EUVDB-ID: #VU60312

Risk: Low

CVSSv4.0: 1.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear]

CVE-ID: CVE-2022-0390

CWE-ID: CWE-284 - Improper Access Control

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain unauthorized access to otherwise restricted functionality.

The vulnerability exists due to improper access restrictions. A remote authenticated attacker can retrieve issue details when it was linked to an item form the vulnerability dashboard.

Mitigation

Install updates from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Gitlab Community Edition: 0.1.5 - 14.7.0

GitLab Enterprise Edition: 6.2.0 - 14.7.0

CPE2.3

External links

https://about.gitlab.com/releases/2022/02/03/security-release-gitlab-14-7-1-released/

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote authenticated user via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.

6) Improper access control

EUVDB-ID: #VU60313

Risk: Low

CVSSv4.0: 1.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear]

CVE-ID: CVE-2022-0373

CWE-ID: CWE-284 - Improper Access Control

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain unauthorized access to otherwise restricted functionality.

The vulnerability exists due to improper access restrictions. A remote authenticated attacker can retrieve the service desk email address.

Mitigation

Install updates from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Gitlab Community Edition: 0.1.5 - 14.7.0

GitLab Enterprise Edition: 6.2.0 - 14.7.0

CPE2.3

External links

https://about.gitlab.com/releases/2022/02/03/security-release-gitlab-14-7-1-released/

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote authenticated user via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.

7) Information disclosure

EUVDB-ID: #VU60314

Risk: Low

CVSSv4.0: 1.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear]

CVE-ID: CVE-2022-0371

CWE-ID: CWE-200 - Exposure of sensitive information to an unauthorized actor

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain access to potentially sensitive information.

The vulnerability exists due to excessive data output by the application. A remote authenticated attacker can search other users by their respective private emails even if a user set their email to private.

Mitigation

Install updates from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Gitlab Community Edition: 0.1.5 - 14.7.0

GitLab Enterprise Edition: 6.2.0 - 14.7.0

CPE2.3

External links

https://about.gitlab.com/releases/2022/02/03/security-release-gitlab-14-7-1-released/

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote authenticated user via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.

8) Input validation error

EUVDB-ID: #VU60316

Risk: Low

CVSSv4.0: 4.8 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear]

CVE-ID: CVE-2022-0477

CWE-ID: CWE-20 - Improper input validation

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to improper handling bulk requests to delete existing packages from the package registries. A remote administrator can pass specially crafted input to the application and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Mitigation

Install updates from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Gitlab Community Edition: 11.9.0 - 14.7.0

GitLab Enterprise Edition: 11.9.0 - 14.7.0

CPE2.3

External links

https://about.gitlab.com/releases/2022/02/03/security-release-gitlab-14-7-1-released/

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote authenticated privileged user via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.

9) Information disclosure

EUVDB-ID: #VU60317

Risk: Low

CVSSv4.0: 0.2 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:H/UI:A/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear]

CVE-ID: CVE-2022-0167

CWE-ID: CWE-200 - Exposure of sensitive information to an unauthorized actor

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote user to gain access to potentially sensitive information.

The vulnerability exists due to the affected application does not disable the Autocomplete attribute of fields related to sensitive information. A remote administrator can gain unauthorized access to sensitive information on the system.

Mitigation

Install updates from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Gitlab Community Edition: 14.0.0 - 14.6.1

GitLab Enterprise Edition: 14.0.0 - 14.6.1

CPE2.3

External links

https://about.gitlab.com/releases/2022/02/03/security-release-gitlab-14-7-1-released/

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote authenticated privileged user via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.

10) Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF)

EUVDB-ID: #VU60318

Risk: Low

CVSSv4.0: 0.6 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear]

CVE-ID: CVE-2022-0249

CWE-ID: CWE-918 - Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF)

Exploit availability: No

Description

The disclosed vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform SSRF attacks.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input. A remote authenticated attacker can send a specially crafted HTTP request and trick the application to initiate requests to arbitrary systems.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker gain access to sensitive data, located in the local network or send malicious requests to other servers from the vulnerable system.

Mitigation

Install updates from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Gitlab Community Edition: 12.0.0 - 14.7.0

GitLab Enterprise Edition: 12.0.0 - 14.7.0

CPE2.3

External links

https://about.gitlab.com/releases/2022/02/03/security-release-gitlab-14-7-1-released/

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote authenticated user via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.

11) Path traversal

EUVDB-ID: #VU60319

Risk: Low

CVSSv4.0: 0.5 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:A/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear]

CVE-ID: CVE-2022-0344

CWE-ID: CWE-22 - Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote user to perform directory traversal attacks.

The vulnerability exists due to input validation error when processing directory traversal sequences. A remote administrator can send a specially crafted HTTP request and read arbitrary files on the system.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Gitlab Community Edition: 10.0 - 14.7.0

GitLab Enterprise Edition: 10.0.0 - 14.7.0

CPE2.3

External links

https://about.gitlab.com/releases/2022/02/03/security-release-gitlab-14-7-1-released/

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.

12) Input validation error

EUVDB-ID: #VU60320

Risk: Low

CVSSv4.0: 1.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear]

CVE-ID: CVE-2022-0488

CWE-ID: CWE-20 - Improper input validation

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input. A remote authenticated attacker can use a specific amount of block-quotes, trigger a timeout on a page with markdown and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Mitigation

Install updates from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Gitlab Community Edition: 8.10 - 14.7.0

GitLab Enterprise Edition: 8.10.0 - 14.7.0

CPE2.3

External links

https://about.gitlab.com/releases/2022/02/03/security-release-gitlab-14-7-1-released/

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote authenticated user via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.

Risk	Medium
Patch available	YES
Number of vulnerabilities	12
CVE-ID	CVE-2022-0427 CVE-2022-0425 CVE-2022-0123 CVE-2022-0136 CVE-2022-0390 CVE-2022-0373 CVE-2022-0371 CVE-2022-0477 CVE-2022-0167 CVE-2022-0249 CVE-2022-0344 CVE-2022-0488
CWE-ID	CWE-79 CWE-918 CWE-295 CWE-284 CWE-200 CWE-20 CWE-22
Exploitation vector	Network
Public exploit	N/A
Vulnerable software	Gitlab Community Edition Universal components / Libraries / Software for developers GitLab Enterprise Edition Universal components / Libraries / Software for developers
Vendor	GitLab, Inc