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CVE-2022-2931

A public proof of concept exists; no exploitation attested.

  • Published2022-10-17
  • Fixed in15.3.2 · 15.2.4 · 15.1.6
  • WeaknessCWE-400

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Description

A potential DOS vulnerability was discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions before 15.1.6, all versions starting from 15.2 before 15.2.4, all versions starting from 15.3 before 15.3.2. Malformed content added to the issue description could have been used to trigger high CPU usage.

Timeline

dates in UTC
  1. 2022-10-1716:15CVE publishedNVD

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-2022-2931?format=txt
  • CSV export: https://api.ismalicious.com/edl/cve/CVE-2022-2931?format=csv
  • TAXII collection of exploited CVEs
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Versions per branch

NVD
GitLab
BranchAffectedFixed in
15.3≥ 15.3, < 15.3.215.3.2
15.2≥ 15.2, < 15.2.415.2.4
15.1< 15.1.615.1.6

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

Fix

  1. Update GitLab to 15.3.2 · 15.2.4 · 15.1.6

Detection

Nuclei template
none so far
ProjectDiscovery
Exploit-DB
no entry
Exploit-DB
Proof-of-concept repositories
none listed
PoC-in-GitHub

Sources

  • CISA-ADPSSVC decisionpoc2025-05-13
  • OpenCVESSVC decisionpoc—
  • CNACVSS 3.17.5read 2026-10-23
  • NVDCVSS 3.17.5read 2026-10-23
  • NVDweakness (CWE)CWE-400read 2026-10-23
  • FIRST EPSSEPSS score1.6 %2026-10-22

Technical details

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-2931?

A potential DOS vulnerability was discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions before 15.1.6, all versions starting from 15.2 before 15.2.4, all versions starting from 15.3 before 15.3.2. Malformed content added to the issue description could have been used to trigger high CPU usage.

Is CVE-2022-2931 actively exploited?

A proof-of-concept exploit exists for CVE-2022-2931, but active exploitation has not been confirmed at this time.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2022-2931?

CVE-2022-2931 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.5 (HIGH severity), with vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

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