What is CVE-2022-0488?

CVE-2022-0488 is a low-severity vulnerability in Gitlab, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 3.5/10. Published 2022-03-28.

How severe is CVE-2022-0488?

Low severity. CVSS v3 base score is 3.5 out of 10.

Resource exhaustion in Gitlab

CVE-2022-0488

An issue has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions starting with version 8.10. It was possible to trigger a timeout on a page with markdown by using a specific amount of block-quotes.

Vulnerability class: DoS (Denial of Service)

EPSS: 0.007 (49.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 3.5 (Low). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L.

Affected products

Gitlab — versions >=14.7, <14.7.1, >=14.6, <14.6.4, >=8.10, <14.5.4

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-400 — Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

References

cve@gitlab.com (x_refsource_MISC, Broken Link, Vendor Advisory)
cve@gitlab.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-0488?: CVE-2022-0488 is a low-severity vulnerability in Gitlab, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 3.5/10. Published 2022-03-28.
How severe is CVE-2022-0488?: Low severity. CVSS v3 base score is 3.5 out of 10.