CVE-2022-2456
An issue has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions before 15.0.5, all versions starting from 15.1 before 15.1.4, all…
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- GitLab
Description
An issue has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions before 15.0.5, all versions starting from 15.1 before 15.1.4, all versions starting from 15.2 before 15.2.1. It may be possible for malicious group or project maintainers to change their corresponding group or project visibility by crafting a malicious POST request.
Timeline
ID reserved
By GitLab
- 18 days later
· 18 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 | Medium4.9 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Low2.7 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.97% · top 38% of all CVEs (7 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.9.
Weakness
- Improper access control in GitLab
Affected products
References (3)
- https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/359910 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://hackerone.com/reports/1536559 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2022/CVE-2022-2456.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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