CVE-2022-2459

Severity: low (CVSS 2.7 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2022-08-05 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-862

Description

An issue has been discovered in GitLab EE affecting all versions before 15.0.5, all versions starting from 15.1 before 15.1.4, all versions starting from 15.2 before 15.2.1. It may be possible for email invited members to join a project even after the Group Owner has enabled the setting to prevent members from being added to projects in a group, if the invite was sent before the setting was enabled.

Affected products

GitLab: before 15.0.5; from 15.1.0 before 15.1.4; 15.2 — fixed in 15.0.5, 15.1.4

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: GitLab 15.0.5, 15.1.4. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2022/CVE-2022-2459.json
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/336169
https://hackerone.com/reports/1256967
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2022/CVE-2022-2459.json
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/336169
https://hackerone.com/reports/1256967

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