What is CVE-2022-1431?

CVE-2022-1431 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Gitlab, classified under Improper Input Validation. CVSS score: 4.3/10. Published 2022-05-10.

How severe is CVE-2022-1431?

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

XSS in Gitlab

CVE-2022-1431

An issue has been discovered in GitLab affecting all versions starting from 12.10 before 14.8.6, all versions starting from 14.9 before 14.9.4, all versions starting from 14.10 before 14.10.1. GitLab was not correctly handling malicious requests to the PyPi API endpoint allowing the attacker to cause uncontrolled resource consumption.

Vulnerability class: Drupalgeddon 2 (CVE-2018-7600)

EPSS: 0.015 (70.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

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.

Affected products

Gitlab — versions 14.10.0, >=12.10, <14.8.6, >=14.9, <14.9.4

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

cve@gitlab.com (x_refsource_MISC, Broken Link)
cve@gitlab.com (Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
cve@gitlab.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-1431?: CVE-2022-1431 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Gitlab, classified under Improper Input Validation. CVSS score: 4.3/10. Published 2022-05-10.
How severe is CVE-2022-1431?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.3 out of 10.