CVE-2022-4205 (GCVE-0-2022-4205)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-01-27 00:00 – Updated: 2025-03-27 20:21
VLAI?
Summary
In Gitlab EE/CE before 15.6.1, 15.5.5 and 15.4.6 using a branch with a hexadecimal name could override an existing hash.
Severity ?
6.3 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:L
CWE
  • Access of resource using incompatible type ('type confusion') in GitLab
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
GitLab GitLab Affected: >=1.0, <12.9.8
Affected: >=15.5, <15.5.5
Affected: >=15.6, <15.6.1
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Credits
This vulnerability has been discovered internally by the GitLab team
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