Input validation error in Gitlab Community Edition and GitLab Enterprise Edition - CVE-2022-2428
Published: August 31, 2022
Vulnerability identifier: #VU66880
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2022-2428
CWE-ID: CWE-20
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 attacker to compromise the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to arbitrary HTTP requests possible in .ipynb Notebook with malicious Form Tags. A remote user can use a specially crafted tag in the Jupyter Notebook viewer to issue arbitrary HTTP requests.
How to mitigate CVE-2022-2428
Install updates from vendor's website.