CVE-2022-1099 Denial of service in GitLab
An attacker can degrade GitLab performance by adding a large number of tags to a runner, causing a denial of service.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2022-1099?
CVE-2022-1099 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Gitlab Gitlab, published on 4 Apr 2022. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Adding a very large number of tags to a runner in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions prior to 14.7.7, 14.8 prior to 14.8.5, and 14.9 prior to 14.9.2 allows an attacker to impact the performance of GitLab
Weakness: CWE-400
Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-1099?
1 open source package ship an affected version, including gitlab. It affects 1 product.
| Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
gitlab Bitnami | All versions | 14.7.7, 14.8.5, 14.9.2 |
Products include Gitlab Gitlab.
How do I fix CVE-2022-1099?
Upgrade gitlab to a fixed version for your release line: 14.7.7, 14.8.5 or 14.9.2.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2022-1099 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-1099 in the wild and no public exploit code.
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- CVE-2026-85706 GitLab Community Edition and Enterprise Edition Path Traversal
- CVE-2023-7028 GitLab Community and Enterprise Editions Improper Access Control
- CVE-2021-22205 GitLab Community and Enterprise Editions Remote Code Execution
- CVE-2021-39935 GitLab Community and Enterprise Editions Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF)
Sources
Also known as BIT-gitlab-2022-1099, GHSA-66xf-5qxv-jmgr, UBUNTU-CVE-2022-1099.