CVE-2022-1954: Medium severity gitlab vulnerability

Published Jul 1, 2022
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Updated

A Regular Expression Denial of Service vulnerability in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 1.0.2 prior to 14.10.5, 15.0 prior to 15.0.4, and 15.1 prior to 15.1.1 allows an attacker to make a GitLab instance inaccessible via specially crafted web server response headers

Affected Software

6 affected components
GitLab GitLab>=1.0.2<14.10.5
GitLab GitLab>=1.0.2<14.10.5
GitLab GitLab>=15.0.0<15.0.4
GitLab GitLab>=15.0.0<15.0.4
GitLab GitLab=15.1.0
GitLab GitLab=15.1.0

Event History

Jul 1, 2022
CVE Published
via MITRE·05:01 PM
Data Sourced
via MITRE·05:01 PM
DescriptionSeverityWeakness

Frequently Asked Questions

1

What is the severity of CVE-2022-1954?

CVE-2022-1954 is classified as a Regular Expression Denial of Service vulnerability.

2

How do I fix CVE-2022-1954?

To fix CVE-2022-1954, update your GitLab instance to version 14.10.5, 15.0.4, or 15.1.1 or later.

3

Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-1954?

CVE-2022-1954 affects all versions of GitLab from 1.0.2 prior to 14.10.5, all versions from 15.0 prior to 15.0.4, and 15.1 prior to 15.1.1.

4

What type of attack does CVE-2022-1954 enable?

CVE-2022-1954 enables an attacker to make a GitLab instance inaccessible via specially crafted web server response headers.

5

Is CVE-2022-1954 applicable to both GitLab CE and EE?

Yes, CVE-2022-1954 affects both GitLab Community Edition (CE) and Enterprise Edition (EE) versions.

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