Name: CVE-2022-3031: Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts
Creator: Rapid7
Published: 2022-10-17T00:00:00.000Z
License: https://www.rapid7.com/legal/website-terms-of-use/
Keywords: CVE, CVE-2022-3031, CWE-307, CVSS 3.7, EPSS 0.001

An issue has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions before 15.1.6, all versions starting from 15.2 before 15.2.4, all versions starting from 15.3 before 15.3.2. It may be possible for an attacker to guess a user's password by brute force by sending crafted requests to a specific endpoint, even if the victim user has 2FA enabled on their account.

CVSS Details

CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 3.7
CVSS 3.1 Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N)

Covered by Rapid7

Product	Vendor Advisory	Solution File	Added	Published
Freebsd	—	Upgrade gitlab-ce	Nov 4, 2022	Aug 30, 2022
Gitlab Gitlab	—	Upgrade Gitlab to the latest version	Apr 22, 2025	Oct 17, 2022

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CVSS Details

Covered by Rapid7

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