Main Vulnerability Database Vulnerabilities #VU62731

Improper access control in Gitlab Community Edition and GitLab Enterprise Edition - CVE-2022-1423

Published: May 3, 2022

Vulnerability identifier: #VU62731

CSH Severity: Medium

CVSS v4: 7.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]

CVE-ID: CVE-2022-1423

CWE-ID: CWE-284

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

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

The vulnerability exists due to improper access restrictions in the CI/CD cache mechanism. A remote user can perform cache poisoning and execute arbitrary code on the target system.

Affected software

Gitlab Community Edition
GitLab Enterprise Edition

How to mitigate CVE-2022-1423

Install updates from vendor's website.

Gitlab Community Edition - update to 14.8.6
GitLab Enterprise Edition - update to 14.8.6

External References

https://about.gitlab.com/releases/2022/05/02/security-release-gitlab-14-10-1-released/

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