CVE-2022-1981 Auth bypass in GitLab

Low 2.7 Published 1 Jul 2022 Updated 3 Aug 2024

Maintainers can bypass domain allow-list restrictions by inviting groups with non-compliant members, allowing unauthorized access to restricted groups.

Exploited in the wild: Not known
Login needed: An administrator
Attackable: Over the internet
Victim action needed: Not needed
Fix: Available

What is CVE-2022-1981?

CVE-2022-1981 is a low-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in Gitlab Gitlab, published on 1 Jul 2022. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.

Official description

An issue has been discovered in GitLab EE affecting all versions starting from 12.2 prior to 14.10.5, 15.0 prior to 15.0.4, and 15.1 prior to 15.1.1. In GitLab, if a group enables the setting to restrict access to users belonging to specific domains, that allow-list may be bypassed if a Maintainer uses the 'Invite a group' feature to invite a group that has members that don't comply with domain allow-list.

Weakness: CWE-863

Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-1981?

1 open source package ship an affected version, including gitlab. It affects 1 product.

Package	Affected	Fixed in
`gitlab` Bitnami	From `12.2.0`	`14.10.5, 15.0.4, 15.1.1`

Products include Gitlab Gitlab.

How do I fix CVE-2022-1981?

Upgrade gitlab to a fixed version for your release line: 14.10.5, 15.0.4 or 15.1.1.

Upgrade, and rotate credentials and sessions that may have been exposed. More about Authentication bypass.

Is CVE-2022-1981 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-1981 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

Also known as BIT-gitlab-2022-1981, GHSA-gx2q-25q6-r3h9, UBUNTU-CVE-2022-1981.