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Vulnerability DatabaseCVE-2022-3818
CVE-2022-3818:
GitLab vulnerability analysis and mitigation
Overview
An uncontrolled resource consumption vulnerability (CVE-2022-3818) was identified in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions prior to 15.3.5, 15.4 prior to 15.4.4, and 15.5 prior to 15.5.2. The vulnerability was discovered internally by the GitLab team and publicly disclosed on November 2, 2022 (GitLab Release).
Technical details
The vulnerability is related to parsing URLs in GitLab CE/EE, which could lead to performance issues and potential denial of service on the GitLab instance. The issue has been assigned a medium severity rating with a CVSS score of 5.3 (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L) (GitLab Release).
Impact
The vulnerability allows attackers to cause performance issues and potentially trigger a denial of service condition on affected GitLab instances (GitLab Release).
Mitigation and workarounds
The vulnerability has been patched in GitLab versions 15.5.2, 15.4.4, and 15.3.5. Organizations are strongly recommended to upgrade to these versions or later to mitigate the vulnerability. GitLab.com has already been updated with the patched version (GitLab Release).
Additional resources
Source: This report was generated using AI
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