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FKIE_CVE-2022-3740

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2023-01-26 21:15 - Updated: 2026-06-17 05:00
Severity
6.5 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
4.9 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Summary
An issue has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions starting from 12.9 prior to 15.3.5, 15.4 prior to 15.4.4, and 15.5 prior to 15.5.2. A group owner may be able to bypass External Authorization check, if it is enabled, to access git repositories and package registries by using Deploy tokens or Deploy keys .
References
cve@gitlab.comhttps://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2022/CVE-2022-3740.jsonVendor Advisory
cve@gitlab.comhttps://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/368416Broken Link
cve@gitlab.comhttps://hackerone.com/reports/1602904Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2022/CVE-2022-3740.jsonVendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/368416Broken Link
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://hackerone.com/reports/1602904Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
gitlab gitlab *
gitlab gitlab *
gitlab gitlab *
gitlab gitlab *
gitlab gitlab 15.6.0
gitlab gitlab 15.6.0
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