CVE-2022-1162 is a critical vulnerability affecting GitLab CE/EE versions 14.7, 14.8, and 14.9 prior to their respective patch releases. It involves a hardcoded password for accounts registered via OmniAuth providers, potentially leading to full account takeover. With a CVSS score of 9.8 (CRITICAL) and an EPSS score of 0.89, this vulnerability presents a severe risk due to its network-based attack vector, low complexity, and complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not yet listed in KEV, exploit code is publicly available via ExploitDB and Nuclei templates, and it has garnered significant community discussion and media coverage, indicating high awareness and potential for exploitation.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 14.7.0, < 14.7.7CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:community:*:*:* | ||
>= 14.7.0, < 14.7.7CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:* | ||
>= 14.8.0, < 14.8.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:community:*:*:* | ||
>= 14.8.0, < 14.8.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:* | ||
>= 14.9.0, < 14.9.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:community:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.