CVE-2022-0090 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

An issue has been discovered affecting GitLab versions prior to 14.4.5, between 14.5.0 and 14.5.3, and between 14.6.0 and 14.6.1. GitLab is configured in a way that it doesn't ignore replacement references with git sub-commands, allowing a malicious user to spoof the contents of their commits in the UI.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00109.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Gitlab	Gitlab

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:::::community:::*
	cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:::::enterprise:::*
	cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:::::community:::*
	cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:::::enterprise:::*
	cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:::::community:::*
	cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:::::enterprise:::*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2022-15304	An issue has been discovered affecting GitLab versions prior to 14.4.5, between 14.5.0 and 14.5.3, and between 14.6.0 and 14.6.1. GitLab is configured in a way that it doesn't ignore replacement references with git sub-commands, allowing a malicious user to spoof the contents of their commits in the UI.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2022/CVE-2022-0090.json
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitaly/-/issues/3948
https://hackerone.com/reports/1415964

History

Mon, 14 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics	epss `{'score': 0.00257}`	epss `{'score': 0.00271}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitLab

Published: 2022-01-18T16:52:09

Updated: 2024-08-02T23:18:41.713Z

Reserved: 2022-01-04T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2022-0090

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-01-18T17:15:09.510

Modified: 2024-11-21T06:37:53.467

Link: CVE-2022-0090

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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