Improper access control in Gitlab Community Edition and GitLab Enterprise Edition - CVE-2022-1783
Published: June 2, 2022
Vulnerability identifier: #VU63939
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2022-1783
CWE-ID: CWE-284
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 gain unauthorized access to otherwise restricted functionality.
The vulnerability exists due to group member lock bypass. A remote administrator can add new members to a project within their group, even after their group owner enabled a setting to prevent members from being added to projects within that group.
How to mitigate CVE-2022-1783
Install updates from vendor's website.