Main Vulnerability Database Vulnerabilities #VU71722

Input validation error in Gitlab Community Edition and GitLab Enterprise Edition - CVE-2022-3411

Published: February 1, 2023

Vulnerability identifier: #VU71722

CSH Severity: Medium

CVSS v4: 7.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]

CVE-ID: CVE-2022-3411

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. A remote user can create a large Issue description via GraphQL and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Affected software

Gitlab Community Edition
GitLab Enterprise Edition

How to mitigate CVE-2022-3411

Install updates from vendor's website.

Gitlab Community Edition - addressed in versions 15.6.7, 15.7.6, 15.8.1
GitLab Enterprise Edition - addressed in versions 15.6.7, 15.7.6, 15.8.1

External References

https://about.gitlab.com/releases/2023/01/31/security-release-gitlab-15-8-1-released/

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