CVE-2022-1940

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.4 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 6.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2022-06-06 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-79

Description

A Stored Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability in Jira integration in GitLab EE affecting all versions from 13.11 prior to 14.9.5, 14.10 prior to 14.10.4, and 15.0 prior to 15.0.1 allows an attacker to execute arbitrary JavaScript code in GitLab on a victim's behalf via specially crafted Jira Issues

Affected products

GitLab: from 13.11.0 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-2022-1940.json
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/359142
https://hackerone.com/reports/1533976
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2022/CVE-2022-1940.json
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/359142
https://hackerone.com/reports/1533976

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