CVE-2022-1431

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.3 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: 2022-05-10 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-20

Description

An issue has been discovered in GitLab affecting all versions starting from 12.10 before 14.8.6, all versions starting from 14.9 before 14.9.4, all versions starting from 14.10 before 14.10.1. GitLab was not correctly handling malicious requests to the PyPi API endpoint allowing the attacker to cause uncontrolled resource consumption.

Affected products

GitLab: from 12.10.0 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-2022-1431.json
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/262724
https://hackerone.com/reports/996850
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2022/CVE-2022-1431.json
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/262724
https://hackerone.com/reports/996850

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