CVE-2022-2326 Auth bypass in GitLab

What is CVE-2022-2326?

CVE-2022-2326 is a medium-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in Gitlab Gitlab, published on 5 Aug 2022. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

An issue has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions before 15.0.5, all versions starting from 15.1 before 15.1.4, all versions starting from 15.2 before 15.2.1. It may be possible to gain access to a private project through an email invite by using other user's email address as an unverified secondary email.

Weakness: CWE-863

Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-2326?

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

Products include Gitlab Gitlab.

How do I fix CVE-2022-2326?

Upgrade gitlab to a fixed version for your release line: 15.0.5, 15.1.4 or 15.2.1.

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

Is CVE-2022-2326 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-2326 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

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

Also known as BIT-gitlab-2022-2326, GHSA-gcj2-4jcm-vgjg, UBUNTU-CVE-2022-2326.