Vulnerability-Lookup

ubuntu-cve-2022-2908

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu

Published

2022-10-17 16:15

Modified

2025-10-24 04:53

Summary

Details

A potential DoS vulnerability was discovered in Gitlab CE/EE versions starting from 10.7 before 15.1.5, all versions starting from 15.2 before 15.2.3, all versions starting from 15.3 before 15.3.1 allowed an attacker to trigger high CPU usage via a special crafted input added in the Commit message field.

Severity

4.3 (Medium)


                    
                      CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

4.3 (Medium)


                    
                      CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

N/A (UNKNOWN)


                    
                      medium

References

URL

Type

	https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-2908	REPORT
	https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-2908	REPORT
	https://about.gitlab.com/releases/2022/08/30/crit…	REPORT

JSON

To clipboard

{
  "affected": [
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "binaries": [
          {
            "binary_name": "gitlab",
            "binary_version": "8.5.8+dfsg-5"
          }
        ]
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:16.04:LTS",
        "name": "gitlab",
        "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/gitlab@8.5.8+dfsg-5?arch=source\u0026distro=xenial"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ],
      "versions": [
        "8.4.3+dfsg-9",
        "8.4.3+dfsg-12",
        "8.5.8+dfsg-5"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [],
  "details": "A potential DoS vulnerability was discovered in Gitlab CE/EE versions starting from 10.7 before 15.1.5, all versions starting from 15.2 before 15.2.3, all versions starting from 15.3 before 15.3.1 allowed an attacker to trigger high CPU usage via a special crafted input added in the Commit message field.",
  "id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2022-2908",
  "modified": "2025-10-24T04:53:04Z",
  "published": "2022-10-17T16:15:00Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-2908"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-2908"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://about.gitlab.com/releases/2022/08/30/critical-security-release-gitlab-15-3-2-released/"
    }
  ],
  "related": [],
  "schema_version": "1.7.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    },
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    },
    {
      "score": "medium",
      "type": "Ubuntu"
    }
  ],
  "upstream": [
    "CVE-2022-2908"
  ]
}

CVE-2022-2908 (GCVE-0-2022-2908)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-10-17 00:00 – Updated: 2025-05-13 19:10

Summary

Severity

4.3 (Medium)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

SSVC

Exploitation: poc Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial

CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)

CWE

Uncontrolled resource consumption in GitLab
CWE-1333 - Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity

Assigner

GitLab

References

3 references

URL	Tags
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/363734
https://hackerone.com/reports/1584156
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/…

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
GitLab	GitLab	Affected: >=10.7, <15.1.5 Affected: >=15.2, <15.2.3 Affected: >=15.3, <15.3.1

Credits

Thanks [ryhmnlfj](https://hackerone.com/ryhmnlfj) for reporting this vulnerability through our HackerOne bug bounty program

Show details on NVD website

JSON

To clipboard

{
  "containers": {
    "adp": [
      {
        "providerMetadata": {
          "dateUpdated": "2024-08-03T00:52:59.998Z",
          "orgId": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108",
          "shortName": "CVE"
        },
        "references": [
          {
            "tags": [
              "x_transferred"
            ],
            "url": "https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/363734"
          },
          {
            "tags": [
              "x_transferred"
            ],
            "url": "https://hackerone.com/reports/1584156"
          },
          {
            "tags": [
              "x_transferred"
            ],
            "url": "https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2022/CVE-2022-2908.json"
          }
        ],
        "title": "CVE Program Container"
      },
      {
        "metrics": [
          {
            "other": {
              "content": {
                "id": "CVE-2022-2908",
                "options": [
                  {
                    "Exploitation": "poc"
                  },
                  {
                    "Automatable": "no"
                  },
                  {
                    "Technical Impact": "partial"
                  }
                ],
                "role": "CISA Coordinator",
                "timestamp": "2025-05-13T19:10:50.957904Z",
                "version": "2.0.3"
              },
              "type": "ssvc"
            }
          }
        ],
        "problemTypes": [
          {
            "descriptions": [
              {
                "cweId": "CWE-1333",
                "description": "CWE-1333 Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity",
                "lang": "en",
                "type": "CWE"
              }
            ]
          }
        ],
        "providerMetadata": {
          "dateUpdated": "2025-05-13T19:10:54.397Z",
          "orgId": "134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0",
          "shortName": "CISA-ADP"
        },
        "references": [
          {
            "tags": [
              "exploit"
            ],
            "url": "https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/363734"
          }
        ],
        "title": "CISA ADP Vulnrichment"
      }
    ],
    "cna": {
      "affected": [
        {
          "product": "GitLab",
          "vendor": "GitLab",
          "versions": [
            {
              "status": "affected",
              "version": "\u003e=10.7, \u003c15.1.5"
            },
            {
              "status": "affected",
              "version": "\u003e=15.2, \u003c15.2.3"
            },
            {
              "status": "affected",
              "version": "\u003e=15.3, \u003c15.3.1"
            }
          ]
        }
      ],
      "credits": [
        {
          "lang": "en",
          "value": "Thanks [ryhmnlfj](https://hackerone.com/ryhmnlfj) for reporting this vulnerability through our HackerOne bug bounty program"
        }
      ],
      "descriptions": [
        {
          "lang": "en",
          "value": "A potential DoS vulnerability was discovered in Gitlab CE/EE versions starting from 10.7 before 15.1.5, all versions starting from 15.2 before 15.2.3, all versions starting from 15.3 before 15.3.1 allowed an attacker to trigger high CPU usage via a special crafted input added in the Commit message field."
        }
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "cvssV3_1": {
            "attackComplexity": "LOW",
            "attackVector": "NETWORK",
            "availabilityImpact": "LOW",
            "baseScore": 4.3,
            "baseSeverity": "MEDIUM",
            "confidentialityImpact": "NONE",
            "integrityImpact": "NONE",
            "privilegesRequired": "LOW",
            "scope": "UNCHANGED",
            "userInteraction": "NONE",
            "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L",
            "version": "3.1"
          }
        }
      ],
      "problemTypes": [
        {
          "descriptions": [
            {
              "description": "Uncontrolled resource consumption in GitLab",
              "lang": "en",
              "type": "text"
            }
          ]
        }
      ],
      "providerMetadata": {
        "dateUpdated": "2022-10-17T00:00:00.000Z",
        "orgId": "ceab7361-8a18-47b1-92ba-4d7d25f6715a",
        "shortName": "GitLab"
      },
      "references": [
        {
          "url": "https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/363734"
        },
        {
          "url": "https://hackerone.com/reports/1584156"
        },
        {
          "url": "https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2022/CVE-2022-2908.json"
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "cveMetadata": {
    "assignerOrgId": "ceab7361-8a18-47b1-92ba-4d7d25f6715a",
    "assignerShortName": "GitLab",
    "cveId": "CVE-2022-2908",
    "datePublished": "2022-10-17T00:00:00.000Z",
    "dateReserved": "2022-08-19T00:00:00.000Z",
    "dateUpdated": "2025-05-13T19:10:54.397Z",
    "state": "PUBLISHED"
  },
  "dataType": "CVE_RECORD",
  "dataVersion": "5.1"
}

Sightings

Author	Source	Type	Date	Other

Nomenclature

Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

Detection rules are retrieved from Rulezet.

Action not permitted

ubuntu-cve-2022-2908

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu

CVE-2022-2908 (GCVE-0-2022-2908)

Tags

Sightings

Nomenclature