CVE-2022-3478

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 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: yes
Published: 2023-01-26 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-434

Description

An issue has been discovered in GitLab affecting all versions starting from 12.8 before 15.4.6, all versions starting from 15.5 before 15.5.5, all versions starting from 15.6 before 15.6.1. It was possible to trigger a DoS attack by uploading a malicious nuget package.

Affected products

GitLab: from 12.8.0 before 15.4.6; from 15.5.0 before 15.5.5; 15.6.0 — fixed in 15.4.6, 15.5.5

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: GitLab 15.4.6, 15.5.5. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2022/CVE-2022-3478.json
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/377788
https://hackerone.com/reports/1716296
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2022/CVE-2022-3478.json
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/377788
https://hackerone.com/reports/1716296

Get alerted when CVE-2022-3478 or the next vulnerability affects your stack