Vulnerability Report

CVE-2022-2251

RCE

Title: Gitlab Runner RCE

RCE

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2022-2251.

CWE Category CWE-78
Published Date Jan 17, 2023
Modified Date Apr 08, 2025
Exploit Status Not Found
Score 4.8 CVSS v3.1
Exploit Probability (EPSS)
2.20%

Vulnerability Summary

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.

Impacted Vendors

G
gitlab 1
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github 1

Reference Links

https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2022/CVE-2022-2251.json https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-runner/-/issues/27386 https://hackerone.com/reports/1063511 https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2022/CVE-2022-2251.json https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-runner/-/issues/27386 https://hackerone.com/reports/1063511
CVSS v3.1
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity MEDIUM
4.8
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
HIGH
Privileges
N/A
Interaction
REQUIRED
Confidentiality
N/A
Integrity
N/A
Availability
N/A
Scope
UNCHANGED
RAW VECTOR CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CVSS v3.1
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity HIGH
8.0
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
N/A
Interaction
REQUIRED
Confidentiality
N/A
Integrity
N/A
Availability
N/A
Scope
UNCHANGED
RAW VECTOR CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2022-2251 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector NETWORK
Complexity HIGH
Privileges N/A
Interaction REQUIRED
CVSS Vector String CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.