Public proof of conceptFix available

CVE-2022-2527

Q: Is CVE-2022-2527 actively exploited?

A proof-of-concept exploit exists for CVE-2022-2527, but active exploitation has not been confirmed at this time.

Q: What is the CVSS score for CVE-2022-2527?

CVE-2022-2527 has a CVSS v3 base score of 8 (HIGH severity), with vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

A public proof of concept exists; no exploitation attested.

Published2022-10-17
Fixed in15.3.2 · 15.2.4 · 15.1.6
WeaknessCWE-79

Am I affected?

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Description

An issue in Incident Timelines has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions starting from 14.9 before 15.1.6, all versions starting from 15.2 before 15.2.4, all versions starting from 15.3 before 15.3.2.which allowed an authenticated attacker to inject arbitrary content. A victim interacting with this content could lead to arbitrary requests.

Timeline

dates in UTC

2022-10-1716:15CVE publishedNVD

Observed activity

isMalicious corpus · updated 2026-10-23 21:37 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-2022-2527?format=txt
CSV export: https://api.ismalicious.com/edl/cve/CVE-2022-2527?format=csv
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Versions per branch

NVD · OSV

GitLab

Branch	Affected	Fixed in	Source
15.3	≥ 15.3, < 15.3.2	15.3.2	NVD
15.3	≥ 15.3.0, < 15.3.2	15.3.2	OSV
15.2	≥ 15.2, < 15.2.4	15.2.4	NVD
15.2	≥ 15.2.0, < 15.2.4	15.2.4	OSV
15.1	≥ 14.9.0, < 15.1.6	15.1.6	NVD · OSV

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

Fix

Update GitLab to 15.3.2 · 15.2.4 · 15.1.6

Detection

Nuclei template: none so far
Exploit-DB: no entry
Proof-of-concept repositories: none listed

Sources

CISA-ADPSSVC decisionpoc2025-05-13
OpenCVESSVC decisionpoc—
CNACVSS 3.17.3read 2026-10-23
NVDCVSS 3.18read 2026-10-23
CISA-ADPweakness (CWE)CWE-792025-05-13
NVDweakness (CWE)CWE-79read 2026-10-23
FIRST EPSSEPSS score1.1 %2026-10-23
OSVaffected packages—

Technical details

CVSS v3 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Published: 2022-10-17
Last Modified: 2026-06-17
NVD status: Modified

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-2527?

Is CVE-2022-2527 actively exploited?

A proof-of-concept exploit exists for CVE-2022-2527, but active exploitation has not been confirmed at this time.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2022-2527?

CVE-2022-2527 has a CVSS v3 base score of 8 (HIGH severity), with vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

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