What is CVE-2022-1099?

CVE-2022-1099 is a medium-severity vulnerability in GitLab, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 4.3/10. Published 2022-04-04.

How severe is CVE-2022-1099?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.3 out of 10.

Resource exhaustion in GitLab

CVE-2022-1099

Adding a very large number of tags to a runner in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions prior to 14.7.7, 14.8 prior to 14.8.5, and 14.9 prior to 14.9.2 allows an attacker to impact the performance of GitLab

Vulnerability class: DoS (Denial of Service)

Published 2022-04-04 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.009 (58.0th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 58th percentile — 58.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.009 · newest: 0.009 · change: 0.000

Affected products

GitLab — versions <14.7.7, >=14.8, <14.8.5, >=14.9, <14.9.2

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-400 — Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

References

gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/328593 (Broken Link)
gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2022/CVE-2022-1099.json (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-1099?: CVE-2022-1099 is a medium-severity vulnerability in GitLab, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 4.3/10. Published 2022-04-04.
How severe is CVE-2022-1099?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.3 out of 10.