CVE-2022-2185 Command injection in GitLab

What is CVE-2022-2185?

CVE-2022-2185 is a critical command injection vulnerability in Gitlab Gitlab, published on 1 Jul 2022. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

A critical issue has been discovered in GitLab affecting all versions starting from 14.0 prior to 14.10.5, 15.0 prior to 15.0.4, and 15.1 prior to 15.1.1 where an authenticated user authorized to import projects could import a maliciously crafted project leading to remote code execution.

Weakness: CWE-78

Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-2185?

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

Products include Gitlab Gitlab.

How do I fix CVE-2022-2185?

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

Upgrade, and pass arguments to programs as a list instead of through a shell. More about Command injection.

Is CVE-2022-2185 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2022-2185 exists.

Public exploit code: 1 Nuclei template and 2 proofs of concept on GitHub.

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• CVE-2026-85706 GitLab Community Edition and Enterprise Edition Path Traversal Exploited Critical 10.0
• CVE-2023-7028 GitLab Community and Enterprise Editions Improper Access Control Exploited Critical 10.0
• CVE-2021-22205 GitLab Community and Enterprise Editions Remote Code Execution Exploited Critical 10.0
• CVE-2021-39935 GitLab Community and Enterprise Editions Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) Exploited Medium 6.8

All Gitlab Gitlab vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as BIT-gitlab-2022-2185, GHSA-rqgw-47f7-cww6.