CVE-2022-2908 (GCVE-0-2022-2908)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2022-10-17 00:00
Modified
2025-05-13 19:10
Severity ?
4.3 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
CWE
  • Uncontrolled resource consumption in GitLab
Summary
A potential DoS vulnerability was discovered in Gitlab CE/EE versions starting from 10.7 before 15.1.5, all versions starting from 15.2 before 15.2.3, all versions starting from 15.3 before 15.3.1 allowed an attacker to trigger high CPU usage via a special crafted input added in the Commit message field.
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Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
GitLab GitLab Version: >=10.7, <15.1.5
Version: >=15.2, <15.2.3
Version: >=15.3, <15.3.1
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