CVE-2022-1099

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2022-04-04 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-400

Description

Adding a very large number of tags to a runner in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions prior to 14.7.7, 14.8 prior to 14.8.5, and 14.9 prior to 14.9.2 allows an attacker to impact the performance of GitLab

Affected products

GitLab: before 14.7.7; from 14.8.0 before 14.8.5; from 14.9.0 before 14.9.2 — fixed in 14.7.7, 14.8.5, 14.9.2

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: GitLab 14.7.7, 14.8.5, 14.9.2. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2022/CVE-2022-1099.json
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/328593
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2022/CVE-2022-1099.json
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/328593

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