CVE-2022-3288 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

A branch/tag name confusion in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions prior to 15.2.5, 15.3 prior to 15.3.4, and 15.4 prior to 15.4.1 allows an attacker to manipulate pages where the content of the default branch would be expected.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00155.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Gitlab	Gitlab

Configuration 1 [-]

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2022-42684	A branch/tag name confusion in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions prior to 15.2.5, 15.3 prior to 15.3.4, and 15.4 prior to 15.4.1 allows an attacker to manipulate pages where the content of the default branch would be expected.

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-2022-3288.json
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/354948
https://hackerone.com/reports/1498354

History

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

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics	epss `{'score': 0.00089}`	epss `{'score': 0.00101}`

Tue, 13 May 2025 16:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Weaknesses		CWE-471
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitLab

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

Updated: 2025-05-13T15:43:38.380Z

Reserved: 2022-09-23T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2022-3288

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T01:07:05.881Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-10-17T16:15:22.507

Modified: 2025-05-13T16:15:21.647

Link: CVE-2022-3288

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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