CVE-2022-1174

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.5% 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-1284

Description

A potential DoS vulnerability was discovered in Gitlab CE/EE versions 13.7 before 14.7.7, all versions starting from 14.8 before 14.8.5, all versions starting from 14.9 before 14.9.2 allowed an attacker to trigger high CPU usage via a special crafted input added in Issues, Merge requests, Milestones, Snippets, Wiki pages, etc.

Affected products

GitLab: from 13.7.0 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-2022-1174.json
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/338721
https://hackerone.com/reports/1305431
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2022/CVE-2022-1174.json
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/338721
https://hackerone.com/reports/1305431

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