CVE-2022-2251 (GCVE-0-2022-2251)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-01-17 00:00 – Updated: 2025-04-08 18:20- Improper neutralization of special elements used in an os command ('os command injection') in GitLab Runner
- CWE-78 - Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GitLab | GitLab Runner |
Affected:
<15.3.5
Affected: >=15.4, <15.4.4 Affected: >=15.5, <15.5.2 |
guessed |
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Each result shows its source dates. A negative interval means the end event came first; when date-only inputs leave the order open, the result says so. Date-only inputs are approximate. The earliest evidence wins: KEV report dates and sightings are labelled as such. Records describing another vulnerability are listed but never calculated from, and a PoC alone does not establish exploitation. Missing patch evidence does not prove that no patch exists. Filters below change the event list only.
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The approach is described in our paper Mapping CVEs to MITRE ATT&CK Techniques: A Curated Gold-Set Classifier and the Limits of LLM-Assisted Label Expansion.
Browse all ATT&CK techniques and the vulnerabilities related to each.
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Vulnerabilities whose description is nearest to this one in the vector space of the CIRCL/vulnerability-attack-technique-biencoder model. This is a similarity search over the bi-encoder space (plain cosine), not a classification, and it has no measured accuracy.