Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) in GitLab Enterprise Edition and Gitlab Community Edition - CVE-2022-4201
Published: December 1, 2022
Vulnerability identifier: #VU69786
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 5.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2022-4201
CWE-ID: CWE-918
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The disclosed vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform SSRF attacks.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input. A remote user can send a specially crafted HTTP request and trick the application to initiate requests to arbitrary systems.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker gain access to sensitive data, located in the local network or send malicious requests to other servers from the vulnerable system.
Affected software
GitLab Enterprise Edition
Gitlab Community Edition
Gitlab Community Edition
How to mitigate CVE-2022-4201
Install updates from vendor's website.
GitLab Enterprise Edition - addressed in versions 15.4.6, 15.5.5, 15.6.1
Gitlab Community Edition - addressed in versions 15.4.6, 15.5.5, 15.6.1
Gitlab Community Edition - addressed in versions 15.4.6, 15.5.5, 15.6.1