CVE-2022-3820

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.5 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2023-01-26 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-290

Description

An issue has been discovered in GitLab affecting all versions starting from 15.4 prior to 15.4.4, and 15.5 prior to 15.5.2. GitLab was not performing correct authentication with some Package Registries when IP address restrictions were configured, allowing an attacker already in possession of a valid Deploy Token to misuse it from any location.

Affected products

GitLab: from 15.4.0 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-2022-3820.json
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/378638
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2022/CVE-2022-3820.json
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/378638

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