CVE-2022-2498 is a high-severity vulnerability in GitLab EE, affecting versions 12.8 through 15.2.1. This flaw allows pipeline subscriptions to incorrectly attribute pipeline creation to the tag creator rather than the subscription author, potentially leading to unauthorized pipeline execution. With a CVSS score of 7.5, it has a low attack complexity and high impact on integrity, though no confidentiality or availability impact. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, and no public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB) is available. Despite limited community discussion, the vulnerability has received media coverage from GitLab itself.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 12.8.0, < 15.0.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:* | ||
>= 15.1.0, < 15.1.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:* | ||
15.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:15.2:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
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The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.