CVE-2022-1423

Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 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: 2022-05-19 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-862

Description

Improper access control in the CI/CD cache mechanism in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions starting from 1.0.2 before 14.8.6, all versions from 14.9.0 before 14.9.4, and all versions from 14.10.0 before 14.10.1 allows a malicious actor with Developer privileges to perform cache poisoning leading to arbitrary code execution in protected branches

Affected products

GitLab: from 1.0.2 before 14.8.6; from 14.9.0 before 14.9.4; 14.10.0 — fixed in 14.8.6, 14.9.4

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: GitLab 14.8.6, 14.9.4. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2022/CVE-2022-1423.json
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/330047
https://hackerone.com/reports/1182375
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2022/CVE-2022-1423.json
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/330047
https://hackerone.com/reports/1182375

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