CVE-2022-2251 (GCVE-0-2022-2251)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2023-01-17 00:00
Modified
2025-04-08 18:20
Severity ?
4.8 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CWE
  • Improper neutralization of special elements used in an os command ('os command injection') in GitLab Runner
Summary
Improper sanitization of branch names in GitLab Runner affecting all versions prior to 15.3.5, 15.4 prior to 15.4.4, and 15.5 prior to 15.5.2 allows a user who creates a branch with a specially crafted name and gets another user to trigger a pipeline to execute commands in the runner as that other user.
References
cve@gitlab.comhttps://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2022/CVE-2022-2251.jsonVendor Advisory
cve@gitlab.comhttps://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-runner/-/issues/27386Exploit, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
cve@gitlab.comhttps://hackerone.com/reports/1063511Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2022/CVE-2022-2251.jsonVendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-runner/-/issues/27386Exploit, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://hackerone.com/reports/1063511Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
GitLab GitLab Runner Version: <15.3.5
Version: >=15.4, <15.4.4
Version: >=15.5, <15.5.2
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