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Medium · 4.3 CVE-2022-3639 EUVD-2022-42999GHSA-fmg9-cqhf-254r

A potential DOS vulnerability was discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 10.8 before 15.1.6, all versions starting from 15.…

Published Oct 21, 2022 · Updated May 7, 2025 · Assigned by GitLab

Description

A potential DOS vulnerability was discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 10.8 before 15.1.6, all versions starting from 15.2 before 15.2.4, all versions starting from 15.3 before 15.3.2. Improper data handling on branch creation could have been used to trigger high CPU usage.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
GitLab GitLab >=10.8, <15.1.6, >=15.2, <15.2.4, >=15.3, <15.3.2 —

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS gitlab No fix yet —

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