CVE-2022-3411

Severity Score

6.5

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

Track

*SSVC

Descriptions

A lack of length validation in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 12.4 before 15.6.7, 15.7 before 15.7.6, and 15.8 before 15.8.1 allows an authenticated attacker to create a large Issue description via GraphQL which, when repeatedly requested, saturates CPU usage.

*Credits: Thanks [cryptopone](https://hackerone.com/cryptopone) for reporting this vulnerability through our HackerOne bug bounty program

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

Single

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

Complete

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:Track

Exploitation

None

Automatable

Tech. Impact

Partial

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2022-10-07 CVE Reserved
2023-02-13 CVE Published
2025-03-21 CVE Updated
2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-400: Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
CWE-1284: Improper Validation of Specified Quantity in Input

CAPEC

References (2)

URL	Tag	Source
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2022/CVE-2022-3411.json	Third Party Advisory
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/376247	Broken Link

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Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Gitlab Search vendor "Gitlab"		Gitlab Search vendor "Gitlab" for product "Gitlab"				>= 12.4 < 15.6.7 Search vendor "Gitlab" for product "Gitlab" and version " >= 12.4 < 15.6.7"		community		Affected
Gitlab Search vendor "Gitlab"		Gitlab Search vendor "Gitlab" for product "Gitlab"				>= 12.4 < 15.6.7 Search vendor "Gitlab" for product "Gitlab" and version " >= 12.4 < 15.6.7"		enterprise		Affected
Gitlab Search vendor "Gitlab"		Gitlab Search vendor "Gitlab" for product "Gitlab"				>= 15.7 < 15.7.6 Search vendor "Gitlab" for product "Gitlab" and version " >= 15.7 < 15.7.6"		community		Affected
Gitlab Search vendor "Gitlab"		Gitlab Search vendor "Gitlab" for product "Gitlab"				>= 15.7 < 15.7.6 Search vendor "Gitlab" for product "Gitlab" and version " >= 15.7 < 15.7.6"		enterprise		Affected
Gitlab Search vendor "Gitlab"		Gitlab Search vendor "Gitlab" for product "Gitlab"				>= 15.8 < 15.8.1 Search vendor "Gitlab" for product "Gitlab" and version " >= 15.8 < 15.8.1"		community		Affected
Gitlab Search vendor "Gitlab"		Gitlab Search vendor "Gitlab" for product "Gitlab"				>= 15.8 < 15.8.1 Search vendor "Gitlab" for product "Gitlab" and version " >= 15.8 < 15.8.1"		enterprise		Affected