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CVE-2022-2251

MEDIUM · CVSS 4.8 EPSS 1.18%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2023-01-17 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

This is a medium severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 4.8. It affects GitLab.

CVE
CVE-2022-2251
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS
4.8
EPSS
1.18%
GitLab

Original NVD Description

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.

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