Public proof of conceptFix available

CVE-2022-2185

Q: Is CVE-2022-2185 actively exploited?

Active exploitation of CVE-2022-2185 has not been confirmed. Its EPSS score was 76.6% on 2026-10-22, the estimated probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Q: What is the CVSS score for CVE-2022-2185?

CVE-2022-2185 has a CVSS v3 base score of 8.8 (HIGH severity), with vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

A public proof of concept exists; no exploitation attested.

Published2022-07-01
Fixed in15.0.4 · 14.10.5
WeaknessCWE-78

Am I affected?

With a domain, we read the version its public headers and pages expose. A distribution build can carry the fix under an older number.

Description

A critical issue has been discovered in GitLab affecting all versions starting from 14.0 prior to 14.10.5, 15.0 prior to 15.0.4, and 15.1 prior to 15.1.1 where an authenticated user authorized to import projects could import a maliciously crafted project leading to remote code execution.

Timeline

dates in UTC

2022-07-0116:15CVE publishedNVD
2026-10-2319:23First public proof of conceptPoC-in-GitHub
2026-10-2319:23EPSS crossed 10 %FIRST EPSS

Observed activity

isMalicious corpus · updated 2026-10-23 18:48 UTC

Indicators tagged with this CVE, per day0 indicators over 7 days

Block these indicators

Firewall list (EDL, text): https://api.ismalicious.com/edl/cve/CVE-2022-2185?format=txt
CSV export: https://api.ismalicious.com/edl/cve/CVE-2022-2185?format=csv
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Versions per branch

NVD

GitLab

Branch	Affected	Fixed in	Source
15.0	≥ 15.0.0, < 15.0.4	15.0.4	NVD
14.x	≥ 14.0.0, < 14.10.5	14.10.5	NVD
15.1	= 15.1.0	no fix published	NVD

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

Fix

Update GitLab to 15.0.4 · 14.10.5

Advisories and patches

gitlab.comVendor Advisory

Detection

read 2026-10-23 19:23 UTC

Nuclei template: none so far
Exploit-DB: no entry
Proof-of-concept repositories: 2 repositories, unverifiedsafe3s/CVE-2022-2185-pocESUAdmin/CVE-2022-2185

Sources

CNACVSS 3.19.9read 2026-10-23
NVDCVSS 3.18.8read 2026-10-23
NVDCVSS 2.07.5read 2026-10-23
NVDweakness (CWE)CWE-78read 2026-10-23
FIRST EPSSEPSS score76.6 %read 2026-10-23
PoC-in-GitHubproof of concept2read 2026-10-23

Technical details

CVSS v3 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Published: 2022-07-01
Last Modified: 2026-06-17
NVD status: Modified

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-2185?

Is CVE-2022-2185 actively exploited?

Active exploitation of CVE-2022-2185 has not been confirmed. Its EPSS score was 76.6% on 2026-10-22, the estimated probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2022-2185?

CVE-2022-2185 has a CVSS v3 base score of 8.8 (HIGH severity), with vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

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