CVE-2022-0427

Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2022-03-28 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-352

Description

Missing sanitization of HTML attributes in Jupyter notebooks in all versions of GitLab CE/EE since version 14.5 allows an attacker to perform arbitrary HTTP POST requests on a user's behalf leading to potential account takeover

Affected products

GitLab: from 14.5 before 14.5.4; from 14.6 before 14.6.4; from 14.7 before 14.7.1 — fixed in 14.5.4, 14.6.4, 14.7.1

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: GitLab 14.5.4, 14.6.4, 14.7.1. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2022/CVE-2022-0427.json
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/347284
https://hackerone.com/reports/1409788
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2022/CVE-2022-0427.json
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/347284
https://hackerone.com/reports/1409788

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