CVE-2022-2251
Severity Score
8.0
*CVSS v3.1
Exploit Likelihood
*EPSS
Affected Versions
*CPE
Public Exploits
1
*Multiple Sources
Exploited in Wild
-
*KEV
Decision
Track*
*SSVC
Descriptions
Improper sanitization of branch names in GitLab Runner affecting all versions prior to 15.3.5, 15.4 prior to 15.4.4, and 15.5 prior to 15.5.2 allows a user who creates a branch with a specially crafted name and gets another user to trigger a pipeline to execute commands in the runner as that other user.
*Credits:
Thanks [stanlyoncm](https://hackerone.com/stanlyoncm) for reporting this vulnerability through our HackerOne bug bounty program
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Authentication
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* Common Vulnerability Scoring System
SSVC
- Decision:Track*
Exploitation
Automatable
Tech. Impact
* Organization's Worst-case Scenario
Timeline
- 2022-06-29 CVE Reserved
- 2023-01-17 CVE Published
- 2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
- 2025-04-08 CVE Updated
- 2025-04-08 First Exploit
- ---------- Exploited in Wild
- ---------- KEV Due Date
CWE
- CWE-78: Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')
CAPEC
References (2)
| URL | Tag | Source |
|---|
| URL | Date | SRC |
|---|---|---|
| https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-runner/-/issues/27386 | 2025-04-08 |
| URL | Date | SRC |
|---|
| URL | Date | SRC |
|---|---|---|
| https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2022/CVE-2022-2251.json | 2023-08-08 |
Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions
| Vendor | Product | Version | Other | Status | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vendor | Product | Version | Other | Status | <-- --> | Vendor | Product | Version | Other | Status |
| Gitlab Search vendor "Gitlab" | Runner Search vendor "Gitlab" for product "Runner" | < 15.3.5 Search vendor "Gitlab" for product "Runner" and version " < 15.3.5" | - |
Affected
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| Gitlab Search vendor "Gitlab" | Runner Search vendor "Gitlab" for product "Runner" | >= 15.4.0 < 15.4.4 Search vendor "Gitlab" for product "Runner" and version " >= 15.4.0 < 15.4.4" | - |
Affected
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| Gitlab Search vendor "Gitlab" | Runner Search vendor "Gitlab" for product "Runner" | >= 15.5.0 < 15.5.2 Search vendor "Gitlab" for product "Runner" and version " >= 15.5.0 < 15.5.2" | - |
Affected
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