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CVE-2022-2251

Improper sanitization of branch names in GitLab Runner affecting all versions prior to 15.3.5, 15.4 prior to 15.4.4, and 15.5 prior to 15.5.2 allows a user who creates a branch with a specially crafted name and gets another user to trigger a pipeline to execute commands in the runner as that other user.

Published

2023-01-17T21:15:12.343

Last Modified

2025-04-08T19:15:45.583

Status

Modified

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.1: 4.8 (MEDIUM)

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-78
Type: Secondary
CWE-78

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	gitlab	runner	< 15.3.5	Yes
Application	gitlab	runner	< 15.4.4	Yes
Application	gitlab	runner	< 15.5.2	Yes

References

https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2022/CVE-2022-2251.json Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-runner/-/issues/27386 Exploit, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
https://hackerone.com/reports/1063511 Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2022/CVE-2022-2251.json Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-runner/-/issues/27386 Exploit, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://hackerone.com/reports/1063511 Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)