CVE-2022-1783 Missing authorization in GitLab
Malicious group maintainers can bypass restrictions to add members to projects via the REST API, potentially escalating privileges or modifying project access.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2022-1783?
CVE-2022-1783 is a low-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Gitlab Gitlab, published on 6 Jun 2022. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Official description
An issue has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions starting from 14.3 before 14.9.5, all versions starting from 14.10 before 14.10.4, all versions starting from 15.0 before 15.0.1. It may be possible for malicious group maintainers to add new members to a project within their group, through the REST API, even after their group owner enabled a setting to prevent members from being added to projects within that group.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-1783?
1 open source package ship an affected version, including gitlab. It affects 1 product.
| Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
gitlab Bitnami | From 14.3.0 | 14.9.5, 14.10.4, 15.0.1 |
Products include Gitlab Gitlab.
How do I fix CVE-2022-1783?
Upgrade gitlab to a fixed version for your release line: 14.9.5, 14.10.4 or 15.0.1.
Upgrade, and check permissions on every request on the server, not only in the interface. More about Missing authorization.
Is CVE-2022-1783 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-1783 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-2022-1783, GHSA-gqc9-9f54-xc45.