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CVE-2022-3283

A public proof of concept exists; no exploitation attested.

  • Published2022-10-17
  • Fixed in15.4.1 · 15.3.4 · 15.2.5
  • WeaknessCWE-400

Am I affected?

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Description

A potential DOS vulnerability was discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions before before 15.2.5, all versions starting from 15.3 before 15.3.4, all versions starting from 15.4 before 15.4.1 While cloning an issue with special crafted content added to the description could have been used to trigger high CPU usage.

Timeline

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

Versions per branch

NVD · OSV
GitLab
BranchAffectedFixed in
15.4≥ 15.4, < 15.4.115.4.1
15.4≥ 15.4.0, < 15.4.115.4.1
15.3≥ 15.3, < 15.3.415.3.4
15.3≥ 15.3.0, < 15.3.415.3.4
15.2< 15.2.515.2.5

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

Products declared by the CNA1 product

As GitLab, the CNA that assigned this CVE, declared them in the CVE record; versions as written.

  • GitLab
    Affected
    • = >=15.4, <15.4.1no fix stated
    • = >=15.3, <15.3.4no fix stated
    • = <15.2.5no fix stated

Source: the CNA record (CVE Program), © The MITRE Corporation,CVE Terms of UseCVE recordupdated 2022-10-17

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 15.4.1 · 15.3.4 · 15.2.5

Advisories and patches

Detection

Nuclei template
none so far
ProjectDiscovery
Exploit-DB
no entry
Exploit-DB
Proof of concept
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:N/I:N/A:H
Published
2022-10-17
Last Modified
2026-06-17
NVD status
Modified
GitHub Advisory
GHSA-2q5x-gf4q-9227

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-3283?

A potential DOS vulnerability was discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions before before 15.2.5, all versions starting from 15.3 before 15.3.4, all versions starting from 15.4 before 15.4.1 While cloning an issue with special crafted content added to the description could have been used to trigger high CPU usage.

Is CVE-2022-3283 actively exploited?

A proof-of-concept exploit exists for CVE-2022-3283, but active exploitation has not been confirmed at this time.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2022-3283?

CVE-2022-3283 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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