CVE-2022-2417
Insufficient validation in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 12.10 prior to 15.0.5, 15.1 prior to 15.1.4, and 15.2 prior to 15.2.1…
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- GitLab
Description
Insufficient validation in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 12.10 prior to 15.0.5, 15.1 prior to 15.1.4, and 15.2 prior to 15.2.1 allows an authenticated and authorised user to import a project that includes branch names which are 40 hexadecimal characters, which could be abused in supply chain attacks where a victim pinned to a specific Git commit of the project.
Timeline
ID reserved
By GitLab
- 21 days later
· 21 days later
Published
- 24 months later
· 24 months later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| GitLabCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | Medium6.2 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Medium4.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.73% · top 45% of all CVEs (7 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.2.
Weakness
- Improper input validation in GitLab
- CWE-20 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-20 and its CVEs
Affected products
References (2)
- https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/361179 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2022/CVE-2022-2417.json (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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[](https://trackcve.app/cve/CVE-2022-2417)Record last updated .