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FKIE_CVE-2022-2455

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2022-10-17 16:15 - Updated: 2026-06-17 04:41
Severity
6.5 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
6.5 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Summary
A business logic issue in the handling of large repositories in all versions of GitLab CE/EE from 10.0 before 15.1.6, all versions starting from 15.2 before 15.2.4, all versions starting from 15.3 before 15.3.2 allowed an authenticated and authorized user to exhaust server resources by importing a malicious project.
References
cve@gitlab.comhttps://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2022/CVE-2022-2455.jsonThird Party Advisory
cve@gitlab.comhttps://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/359964Broken Link, Third Party Advisory
cve@gitlab.comhttps://hackerone.com/reports/1542230Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2022/CVE-2022-2455.jsonThird Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/359964Broken Link, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://hackerone.com/reports/1542230Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
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            }
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  "lastModified": "2026-06-17T04:41:55.557",
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