Main Vulnerability Database Vulnerabilities #VU60896

Input validation error in Gitlab Community Edition and GitLab Enterprise Edition - CVE-2022-0489

Published: February 28, 2022

Vulnerability identifier: #VU60896

CSH Severity: Low

CVSS v4: 4.8 [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]

CVE-ID: CVE-2022-0489

CWE-ID: CWE-20

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

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 in the user comments. A remote user can use the math feature with a specific formula and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Affected software

Gitlab Community Edition
GitLab Enterprise Edition

How to mitigate CVE-2022-0489

Install updates from vendor's website.

Gitlab Community Edition - addressed in versions 14.6.5, 14.7.4, 14.8.2
GitLab Enterprise Edition - addressed in versions 14.6.5, 14.7.4, 14.8.2

External References

https://about.gitlab.com/releases/2022/02/25/critical-security-release-gitlab-14-8-2-released/

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