CVE-2022-3411 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

A lack of length validation in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 12.4 before 15.6.7, 15.7 before 15.7.6, and 15.8 before 15.8.1 allows an authenticated attacker to create a large Issue description via GraphQL which, when repeatedly requested, saturates CPU usage.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

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 0.00468.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Gitlab	Gitlab

Configuration 1 [-]

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2022-42788	A lack of length validation in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 12.4 before 15.6.7, 15.7 before 15.7.6, and 15.8 before 15.8.1 allows an authenticated attacker to create a large Issue description via GraphQL which, when repeatedly requested, saturates 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-2022-3411.json
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/376247
https://hackerone.com/reports/1685995

History

Fri, 21 Mar 2025 19:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Weaknesses		CWE-400
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitLab

Published: 2023-02-13T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2025-03-21T18:39:31.969Z

Reserved: 2022-10-07T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2022-3411

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T01:07:06.545Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-02-13T23:15:10.703

Modified: 2025-03-21T19:15:38.563

Link: CVE-2022-3411

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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