CVE-2022-2498
An issue in pipeline subscriptions in GitLab EE affecting all versions from 12.8 prior to 15.0.5,...
An issue in pipeline subscriptions in GitLab EE affecting all versions from 12.8 prior to 15.0.5, 15.1 prior to 15.1.4, and 15.2 prior to 15.2.1 triggered new pipelines with the person who created the tag as the pipeline creator instead of the subscription's author.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- High
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
6.4
An issue in pipeline subscriptions in GitLab EE affecting all versions from 12.8 prior to 15.0.5, 15.1 prior to 15.1.4, and 15.2 prior to 15.2.1 triggered new pipelines with the person who created the tag as the pipeline creator instead of the subscription's author.
- Record
CVE-2022-2498- CVSS 3.1
- 6.4 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2022-34756
6.4
An issue in pipeline subscriptions in GitLab EE affecting all versions from 12.8 prior to 15.0.5, 15.1 prior to 15.1.4, and 15.2 prior to 15.2.1 triggered new pipelines with the person who created the tag as the pipeline creator instead of the subscription's author.
- Record
EUVD-2022-34756- CVSS 3.1
- 6.4 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-f5vg-g8qw-8p89
7.5
An issue in pipeline subscriptions in GitLab EE affecting all versions from 12.8 prior to 15.0.5,...
An issue in pipeline subscriptions in GitLab EE affecting all versions from 12.8 prior to 15.0.5, 15.1 prior to 15.1.4, and 15.2 prior to 15.2.1 triggered new pipelines with the person who created the tag as the pipeline creator instead of the subscription's author.
- Record
GHSA-f5vg-g8qw-8p89- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-269
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
6.4
An issue in pipeline subscriptions in GitLab EE affecting all versions from 12.8 prior to 15.0.5, 15.1 prior to 15.1.4, and 15.2 prior to 15.2.1 triggered new pipelines with the person who created the tag as the pipeline creator instead of the subscription's author.
- Record
CVE-2022-2498- CVSS 3.1
- 6.4 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N - CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-269
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
6.4
An issue in pipeline subscriptions in GitLab EE affecting all versions from 12.8 prior to 15.0.5, 15.1 prior to 15.1.4, and 15.2 prior to 15.2.1 triggered new pipelines with the person who created the tag as the pipeline creator instead of the subscription's author.
- Record
CVE-2022-2498- CVSS 3.1
- 6.4 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2022-2498
7.5
An issue in pipeline subscriptions in GitLab EE affecting all versions from 12.8 prior to 15.0.5, 15.1 prior to 15.1.4, and 15.2 prior to 15.2.1 triggered new pipelines with the person who created the tag as the pipeline creator instead of the subscription's author.
- Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2022-2498- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N - CVSS 3.1
- 6.4 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVBIT-gitlab-2022-2498 No score
An issue in pipeline subscriptions in GitLab EE affecting all versions from 12.8 prior to 15.0.5, 15.1 prior to 15.1.4, and 15.2 prior to 15.2.1 triggered new pipelines with the person who created the tag as the pipeline creator instead of the subscription's author.
- Record
BIT-gitlab-2022-2498- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2022-2498 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.4) in Gitlab, published August 5, 2022. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.87%, the 59th percentile. Fixed in gitlab 15.0.5.
References
gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/243703
hackerone.com/reports/966824
gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2022/CVE-2022-2498.json
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-2498
github.com/advisories/GHSA-f5vg-g8qw-8p89
github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2022/2xxx/CVE-2022-2498.json
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-2498
cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-2498