CVE-2022-3639 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

A potential DOS vulnerability was discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 10.8 before 15.1.6, all versions starting from 15.2 before 15.2.4, all versions starting from 15.3 before 15.3.2. Improper data handling on branch creation could have been used to trigger high 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 Low

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00194.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Gitlab	Gitlab

Configuration 1 [-]

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	cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab::::::::

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2022-42999	A potential DOS vulnerability was discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 10.8 before 15.1.6, all versions starting from 15.2 before 15.2.4, all versions starting from 15.3 before 15.3.2. Improper data handling on branch creation 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-2022-3639.json
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/366876

History

Wed, 16 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics	epss `{'score': 0.00019}`	epss `{'score': 0.00024}`

Wed, 07 May 2025 15:15:00 +0000

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

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitLab

Published: 2022-10-21T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2025-05-07T14:53:08.897Z

Reserved: 2022-10-21T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2022-3639

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T01:14:03.012Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-10-21T16:15:11.253

Modified: 2025-05-07T15:15:54.807

Link: CVE-2022-3639

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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