Rapid7

vulnerability

Gitlab Gitlab: CVE-2022-2592: Improper Validation of Specified Quantity in Input

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
Oct 17, 2022
Added
Apr 22, 2025
Modified
Mar 25, 2026

Description

A lack of length validation in Snippet descriptions in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions prior to 15.1.6, 15.2 prior to 15.2.4 and 15.3 prior to 15.3.2 allows an authenticated attacker to create a maliciously large Snippet which when requested with or without authentication places excessive load on the server, potential leading to Denial of Service.

Solution

gitlab-gitlab-upgrade-latest
Title
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