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CVE-2022-1783

• Severity: low (CVSS 2.7 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2022-06-06 · updated 2026-06-17

Description

An issue has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions starting from 14.3 before 14.9.5, all versions starting from 14.10 before 14.10.4, all versions starting from 15.0 before 15.0.1. It may be possible for malicious group maintainers to add new members to a project within their group, through the REST API, even after their group owner enabled a setting to prevent members from being added to projects within that group.

Affected products

• GitLab: from 14.3.0 before 14.9.5; from 14.10.0 before 14.10.4; 15.0.0 — fixed in 14.10.4, 14.9.5

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: GitLab 14.10.4, 14.9.5. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2022/CVE-2022-1783.json
• https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/353121
• https://hackerone.com/reports/1472109
• https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2022/CVE-2022-1783.json
• https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/353121
• https://hackerone.com/reports/1472109

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