CVE-2022-3279 Denial of service in GitLab
An attacker can cause a denial of service by triggering an unhandled exception in job log parsing, preventing access to logs.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2022-3279?
CVE-2022-3279 is a low-severity denial of service vulnerability in Gitlab Gitlab, published on 17 Oct 2022. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Official description
An unhandled exception in job log parsing in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions prior to 15.2.5, 15.3 prior to 15.3.4, and 15.4 prior to 15.4.1 allows an attacker to prevent access to job logs
Weakness: CWE-755
Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-3279?
1 open source package ship an affected version, including gitlab. It affects 1 product.
| Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
gitlab Bitnami | All versions | 15.2.5, 15.3.4, 15.4.1 |
Products include Gitlab Gitlab.
How do I fix CVE-2022-3279?
Upgrade gitlab to a fixed version for your release line: 15.2.5, 15.3.4 or 15.4.1.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2022-3279 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2022-3279 exists.
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- CVE-2026-85706 GitLab Community Edition and Enterprise Edition Path Traversal
- CVE-2023-7028 GitLab Community and Enterprise Editions Improper Access Control
- CVE-2021-22205 GitLab Community and Enterprise Editions Remote Code Execution
- CVE-2021-39935 GitLab Community and Enterprise Editions Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF)
Sources
Also known as BIT-gitlab-2022-3279, GHSA-c246-wwgq-rr54, UBUNTU-CVE-2022-3279.