CVE-2022-3740

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.9 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2023-01-26 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-285

Description

An issue has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions starting from 12.9 prior to 15.3.5, 15.4 prior to 15.4.4, and 15.5 prior to 15.5.2. A group owner may be able to bypass External Authorization check, if it is enabled, to access git repositories and package registries by using Deploy tokens or Deploy keys .

Affected products

GitLab: from 12.9.0 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-2022-3740.json
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/368416
https://hackerone.com/reports/1602904
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2022/CVE-2022-3740.json
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/368416
https://hackerone.com/reports/1602904

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