CVE-2022-2455 — Uncontrolled Resource Consumption in Gitlab

CWE-400 — Uncontrolled Resource ConsumptionCWE-772 — Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime8 documents7 sources
Severity
6.5MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.3%
top 50.95%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
4
Linux KernelGitlabDebian Gitlab+1 more
Timeline
PublishedOct 17
Latest updateDec 24

Description

A business logic issue in the handling of large repositories in all versions of GitLab CE/EE from 10.0 before 15.1.6, all versions starting from 15.2 before 15.2.4, all versions starting from 15.3 before 15.3.2 allowed an authenticated and authorized user to exhaust server resources by importing a malicious project.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 2.8 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages6 packages

▶NVDgitlab/gitlab10.0.0 — 15.1.6+2
▶debiandebian/gitlab< gitlab 15.10.8+ds1-2 (sid)
▶CVEListV5gitlab/gitlab>=10.0, <15.1.6, >=15.2, <15.2.4, >=15.3, <15.3.2+2
▶gitlabgitlab/gitlab

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
OSV
configfs: fix possible memory leak in configfs_create_dir()↗2025-12-24
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GHSA
GHSA-fv9w-2hpj-4q5w: A business logic issue in the handling of large repositories in all versions of GitLab CE/EE from 10↗2022-10-17
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OSV
CVE-2022-2455: A business logic issue in the handling of large repositories in all versions of GitLab CE/EE from 10↗2022-10-17
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📋Vendor Advisories

2
GitLab
CVE-2022-2455: A business logic issue in the handling of large repositories in all versions of GitLab CE/EE from 10.0 before 15.1.6, all versions starting from 15.2↗2022-10-17
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Debian
CVE-2022-2455: gitlab - A business logic issue in the handling of large repositories in all versions of ...↗2022
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