CVE-2022-2931 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

A potential DOS vulnerability was discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions before 15.1.6, all versions starting from 15.2 before 15.2.4, all versions starting from 15.3 before 15.3.2. Malformed content added to the issue description could have been used to trigger high CPU usage.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00107.

Exploitation poc

Automatable yes

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Gitlab	Gitlab

Configuration 1 [-]

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2022-35153	A potential DOS vulnerability was discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions before 15.1.6, all versions starting from 15.2 before 15.2.4, all versions starting from 15.3 before 15.3.2. Malformed content added to the issue description could have been used to trigger high CPU usage.

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-2022-2931.json
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/361982
https://hackerone.com/reports/1543718

History

Sat, 12 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics	epss `{'score': 0.00052}`	epss `{'score': 0.00065}`

Tue, 13 May 2025 17:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitLab

Published: 2022-10-17T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2025-05-13T16:25:28.130Z

Reserved: 2022-08-22T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2022-2931

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T00:52:59.994Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-10-17T16:15:21.580

Modified: 2025-05-13T17:15:48.203

Link: CVE-2022-2931

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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