CVE-2022-2227 Missing authorization in GitLab

What is CVE-2022-2227?

CVE-2022-2227 is a low-severity missing authorization 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

Improper access control in the runner jobs API in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions prior to 14.10.5, 15.0 prior to 15.0.4, and 15.1 prior to 15.1.1 allows a previous maintainer of a project with a specific runner to access job and project meta data under certain conditions

Weakness: CWE-732

Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-2227?

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

Products include Gitlab Gitlab.

How do I fix CVE-2022-2227?

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

Upgrade, and check permissions on every request on the server, not only in the interface. More about Missing authorization.

Is CVE-2022-2227 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-2227 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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• CVE-2021-22205 GitLab Community and Enterprise Editions Remote Code Execution Exploited Critical 10.0
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All Gitlab Gitlab vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as BIT-gitlab-2022-2227, GHSA-294h-9fqc-xfq7, UBUNTU-CVE-2022-2227.