CVE-2022-2251 MEDIUM

CVE-2022-2251

Vendor Gitlab
Product GitLab Runner
Published January 17, 2023
Last update April 8, 2025

CVSS base score

4.8/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity High
Privileges required Low
User interaction Required
Confidentiality High
Integrity None

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

What the vulnerability does

01Description

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.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

January 17, 2023 CVE published
April 8, 2025 Record updated