CVE-2022-2865 Cross-site scripting in GitLab

What is CVE-2022-2865?

CVE-2022-2865 is a high-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Gitlab Gitlab, published on 17 Oct 2022. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

A cross-site scripting issue has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions before 15.1.6, 15.2 to 15.2.4 and 15.3 prior to 15.3.2. It was possible to exploit a vulnerability in setting the labels colour feature which could lead to a stored XSS that allowed attackers to perform arbitrary actions on behalf of victims at client side.

Weakness: CWE-79

Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-2865?

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

Products include Gitlab Gitlab.

How do I fix CVE-2022-2865?

Upgrade gitlab to a fixed version for your release line: 15.1.6, 15.2.4 or 15.3.2.

Escape output for the context it lands in and set a strict Content Security Policy. Upgrading the affected component is the real fix. More about Cross-site scripting.

Is CVE-2022-2865 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2022-2865 exists.

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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
• How this page is made

Also known as BIT-gitlab-2022-2865, GHSA-gw7r-3j53-5c25, UBUNTU-CVE-2022-2865.