Input validation error in GitLab Enterprise Edition and Gitlab Community Edition - CVE-2022-1174
Published: April 1, 2022
Vulnerability identifier: #VU61784
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 5.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2022-1174
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 Issues, Merge requests, Milestones, Snippets, Wiki pages, etc. A remote user can pass specially crafted input to the application and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Affected software
GitLab Enterprise Edition
Gitlab Community Edition
Gitlab Community Edition
How to mitigate CVE-2022-1174
Install updates from vendor's website.
GitLab Enterprise Edition - addressed in versions 14.7.7, 14.8.5, 14.9.2
Gitlab Community Edition - addressed in versions 14.7.7, 14.8.5, 14.9.2
Gitlab Community Edition - addressed in versions 14.7.7, 14.8.5, 14.9.2