CVE-2022-2531

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.3 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.4% 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-22

Description

An issue has been discovered in GitLab EE affecting all versions starting from 12.5 before 15.0.5, all versions starting from 15.1 before 15.1.4, all versions starting from 15.2 before 15.2.1. GitLab was not performing correct authentication on Grafana API under specific conditions allowing unauthenticated users to perform queries through a path traversal vulnerability.

Affected products

GitLab: from 12.5.0 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-2022-2531.json
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/364252
https://hackerone.com/reports/1566306
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2022/CVE-2022-2531.json
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/364252
https://hackerone.com/reports/1566306

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