PT-2023-12704 · Gitlab · Gitlab Runner+1

Stanlyoncmon · Published 2023-01-17 · Updated 2025-04-08 · CVE-2022-2251

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

4.8

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions GitLab Runner versions prior to 15.3.5 GitLab Runner versions 15.4 prior to 15.4.4 GitLab Runner versions 15.5 prior to 15.5.2

Description The issue is caused by improper sanitization of branch names, allowing a user to create a branch with a specially crafted name. If another user triggers a pipeline, this can lead to the execution of commands in the runner as that other user.

Recommendations For versions prior to 15.3.5, update to version 15.3.5 or later. For versions 15.4 prior to 15.4.4, update to version 15.4.4 or later. For versions 15.5 prior to 15.5.2, update to version 15.5.2 or later.

Exploit

Fix

OS Command Injection

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-78

Related Identifiers

BIT-GITLAB-RUNNER-2022-2251

CVE-2022-2251

Affected Products

Gitlab

Gitlab Runner

References · 13

• 🔥 https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2022/2xxx/CVE-2022-2251.json · Exploit
• 🔥 https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-runner/-/issues/27386 · Exploit
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-2251 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-2251 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-2251 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-2251 · Security Note
• https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2022/CVE-2022-2251.json · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2022-2251 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/BIT-gitlab-runner-2022-2251 · Vendor Advisory
• https://t.me/cvenotify/118331 · Telegram Post
• https://hackerone.com/reports/1063511 · Note
• https://t.me/cibsecurity/56625 · Telegram Post
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2022-2251 · Note