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CVE-2022-2498

19
FAUCET Score

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.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(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 Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

6.4MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
1.2
Impact Score
5.2
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.71%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
49.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0071 is in the 26th percentile among its peer group of 51,553 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

gitlab.com / gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2022/CVE-2022-2498.json
Vendor Advisory
gitlab.com / gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/243703
Broken LinkVendor Advisory
hackerone.com / reports/966824
Permissions RequiredThird Party Advisory