CVE-2022-2992 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

A vulnerability in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 11.10 prior to 15.1.6, 15.2 to 15.2.4, 15.3 to 15.3.2 allows an authenticated user to achieve remote code execution via the Import from GitHub API endpoint.

Published: 2022-10-17

Score: 9.9 Critical

EPSS: 93.7% High

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

No analysis available yet.

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

GitLab

GitLab

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`>=11.10, <15.1.6`	affected	—
`>=15.2, <15.2.4`	affected	—
`>=15.3, <15.3.2`	affected	—

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:::*

No data.

No data available yet.

Remediation

No remediation available yet.

Tracking

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Advisories

No advisories yet.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

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 0.93693.

Exploitation poc

Automatable yes

Technical Impact total

References

Link	Providers
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/171008/GitLab-GitHub-Repo-Import-Deserialization-Remote-Code-Execution.html
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2022/CVE-2022-2992.json
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/371884
https://hackerone.com/reports/1679624

History

Wed, 14 May 2025 15:15:00 +0000

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

Subscriptions

Gitlab Gitlab

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitLab

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

Updated: 2025-05-14T14:27:30.020Z

Reserved: 2022-08-25T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2022-2992

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T00:53:00.661Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-10-17T16:15:21.640

Modified: 2025-05-14T15:15:49.070

Link: CVE-2022-2992

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-74

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