Improper Certificate Validation in Gitlab Community Edition and GitLab Enterprise Edition - CVE-2022-0123
Published: February 4, 2022
Vulnerability identifier: #VU60309
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: 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
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: GitLab, Inc
Affected software:
Gitlab Community Edition
GitLab Enterprise Edition
Gitlab Community Edition
GitLab Enterprise Edition
Detailed vulnerability 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.
How to mitigate CVE-2022-0123
Install updates from vendor's website.