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Vulnerability DatabaseCVE-2022-1099
CVE-2022-1099:
GitLab vulnerability analysis and mitigation
Overview
Adding a very large number of tags to a runner in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions prior to 14.7.7, 14.8 prior to 14.8.5, and 14.9 prior to 14.9.2 allows an attacker to impact the performance of GitLab. The vulnerability was discovered internally by the GitLab team and was assigned CVE-2022-1099 (GitLab Release).
Technical details
This is a medium severity issue with a CVSS score of 4.3 (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L). The vulnerability stems from the absence of a limit for the number of tags that can be added to a runner, which could potentially be exploited to cause performance degradation in GitLab instances (GitLab Release).
Impact
The exploitation of this vulnerability could result in performance degradation of GitLab instances, potentially affecting system availability and responsiveness (GitLab Release).
Mitigation and workarounds
The vulnerability has been fixed in GitLab versions 14.7.7, 14.8.5, and 14.9.2. Users are strongly recommended to upgrade their GitLab installations to one of these patched versions immediately (GitLab Release).
Additional resources
Source: This report was generated using AI
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