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CVE-2022-1162

A public proof of concept exists; no exploitation attested.

  • Published2022-04-04
  • Fixed in14.9.2 · 14.8.5 · 14.7.7
  • WeaknessCWE-798

Am I affected?

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Description

A hardcoded password was set for accounts registered using an OmniAuth provider (e.g. OAuth, LDAP, SAML) in GitLab CE/EE versions 14.7 prior to 14.7.7, 14.8 prior to 14.8.5, and 14.9 prior to 14.9.2 allowing attackers to potentially take over accounts

Timeline

dates in UTC
  1. 2022-04-0420:15CVE publishedNVD
  2. 2022-04-26Exploit-DB entryExploit-DB

Observed activity

isMalicious corpus · updated 2026-11-04 09:37 UTC
Indicators tagged with this CVE, per day0 indicators over 7 days
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  • Firewall list (EDL, text): https://api.ismalicious.com/edl/cve/CVE-2022-1162?format=txt
  • CSV export: https://api.ismalicious.com/edl/cve/CVE-2022-1162?format=csv
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Versions per branch

NVD · OSV
GitLab
BranchAffectedFixed in
14.9≥ 14.9.0, < 14.9.214.9.2
14.8≥ 14.8.0, < 14.8.514.8.5
14.7≥ 14.7.0, < 14.7.714.7.7

as publishedRanges as NVD and OSV publish them; a distribution’s build can be fixed under an older number.

Distribution builds and vendor advisories

Packages from OSV.dev and products from the vendors' CSAF advisories.

version not verifiedVersions not verified: read as OSV.dev and the vendors publish them, not checked against each vendor's release list.

Packages

  • gitlabUbuntu:16.04:LTSall versions · no fixed version listed

Full record on NVD

Fix

  1. Update GitLab to 14.9.2 · 14.8.5 · 14.7.7

Advisories and patches

Detection

read 2026-11-03 22:42 UTC
Nuclei template
available
ProjectDiscovery
Exploit-DB
EDB-50888
Exploit-DB
Proof-of-concept repositories
2 repositories, unverifiedGreenwolf/CVE-2022-1162ipsBruno/CVE-2022-1162
PoC-in-GitHub
Metasploit modules
none listed
Metasploit Framework

Sources

Identifiers

Technical details

CVSS v3 Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Published
2022-04-04
Last Modified
2026-06-17
NVD status
Modified

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-1162?

A hardcoded password was set for accounts registered using an OmniAuth provider (e.g. OAuth, LDAP, SAML) in GitLab CE/EE versions 14.7 prior to 14.7.7, 14.8 prior to 14.8.5, and 14.9 prior to 14.9.2 allowing attackers to potentially take over accounts

Is CVE-2022-1162 actively exploited?

Active exploitation of CVE-2022-1162 has not been confirmed. Its EPSS score was 75.6% on 2026-11-03, the estimated probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2022-1162?

CVE-2022-1162 has a CVSS v3 base score of 9.8 (CRITICAL severity), with vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

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