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CVE-2022-1783

An issue has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions starting from 14.3 before 14.9.5, all versions starting from 14.10 before 14.10.4, all versions starting from 15.0 before 15.0.1. It may be possible for malicious group maintainers to add new members to a project within their group, through the REST API, even after their group owner enabled a setting to prevent members from being added to projects within that group.

Security Impact Summary

This vulnerability carries a LOW severity rating with a CVSS v3.1 score of 2.7, indicating it can be exploited remotely over the network with relatively low complexity without requiring user interaction . The vulnerability impacts limited integrity, for affected systems. Impacting 1 product from gitlab organizations running these solutions should prioritize assessment and patching.

Historical Context

Reported in 2022, this vulnerability emerged during an era marked by increased sophistication in supply chain attacks, cloud infrastructure vulnerabilities, and software-as-a-service (SaaS) security challenges. Security practices during this period emphasized zero-trust architectures, container security, and API protection.

Published

2022-06-06T17:15:10.543

Last Modified

2024-11-21T06:41:27.603

Status

Modified

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.1: 2.7 (LOW)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: LOW
Authentication: SINGLE
Confidentiality Impact: NONE
Integrity Impact: PARTIAL
Availability Impact: NONE

Exploitability Score

8.0

Impact Score

2.9

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
NVD-CWE-Other

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	gitlab	gitlab	< 14.9.5	Yes
Application	gitlab	gitlab	< 14.9.5	Yes
Application	gitlab	gitlab	< 14.10.4	Yes
Application	gitlab	gitlab	< 14.10.4	Yes
Application	gitlab	gitlab	15.0.0	Yes
Application	gitlab	gitlab	15.0.0	Yes

References

https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2022/CVE-2022-1783.json Patch, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/353121 Broken Link ([email protected])
https://hackerone.com/reports/1472109 Permissions Required ([email protected])
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2022/CVE-2022-1783.json Patch, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/353121 Broken Link (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://hackerone.com/reports/1472109 Permissions Required (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

How SecUtils Interprets This CVE

SecUtils normalizes and enriches National Vulnerability Database (NVD) records by standardizing vendor and product identifiers, aggregating vulnerability metadata from both NVD and MITRE sources, and providing structured context for security teams. For gitlab's affected products, we extract Common Platform Enumeration (CPE) data, Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) classifications, CVSS severity metrics, and reference data to enable rapid vulnerability prioritization and asset correlation. This record contains no exploit code, proof-of-concept instructions, or attack methodologies—only defensive intelligence necessary for patch management, risk assessment, and security operations.