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)

Published 2022-03-28 · last modified 2026-06-17.

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.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.007 (51.6th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 52nd percentile — 51.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.007 · newest: 0.007 · change: 0.000

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

gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/23520 (Broken Link, Vendor Advisory)
gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2022/CVE-2022-0488.json (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.