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CVE-2022-2498

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.9% 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-269

Description

An issue in pipeline subscriptions in GitLab EE affecting all versions from 12.8 prior to 15.0.5, 15.1 prior to 15.1.4, and 15.2 prior to 15.2.1 triggered new pipelines with the person who created the tag as the pipeline creator instead of the subscription's author.

Affected products

• GitLab: from 12.8.0 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-2022-2498.json
• https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/243703
• https://hackerone.com/reports/966824
• https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2022/CVE-2022-2498.json
• https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/243703
• https://hackerone.com/reports/966824

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