Medium severity4.8NVD Advisory· Published Jan 17, 2023· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2022-2251
CVE-2022-2251
Description
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.
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Affected products
4cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:runner:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 2 more
- cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:runner:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <15.3.5
- (no CPE)range: <15.3.5, <15.4.4, <15.5.2
- (no CPE)range: <15.3.5
Patches
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References
3- gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-runner/-/issues/27386nvdExploitIssue TrackingVendor Advisory
- gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2022/CVE-2022-2251.jsonnvdVendor Advisory
- hackerone.com/reports/1063511nvdPermissions RequiredThird Party Advisory
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