CVE-2022-2251 (GCVE-0-2022-2251)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-01-17 00:00 – Updated: 2025-04-08 18:20
VLAI?
Summary
Improper sanitization of branch names in GitLab Runner affecting all versions prior to 15.3.5, 15.4 prior to 15.4.4, and 15.5 prior to 15.5.2 allows a user who creates a branch with a specially crafted name and gets another user to trigger a pipeline to execute commands in the runner as that other user.
Severity ?
4.8 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CWE
  • Improper neutralization of special elements used in an os command ('os command injection') in GitLab Runner
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
GitLab GitLab Runner Affected: <15.3.5
Affected: >=15.4, <15.4.4
Affected: >=15.5, <15.5.2
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Credits
Thanks [stanlyoncm](https://hackerone.com/stanlyoncm) for reporting this vulnerability through our HackerOne bug bounty program
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