CVE-2022-3514
An issue has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions starting from 6.6 before 15.5...
An issue has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions starting from 6.6 before 15.5.7, all versions starting from 15.6 before 15.6.4, all versions starting from 15.7 before 15.7.2. An attacker may cause Denial of Service on a GitLab instance by exploiting a regex issue in the submodule URL parser.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- Low
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
An issue has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions starting from 6.6 before 15.5.7, all versions starting from 15.6 before 15.6.4, all versions starting from 15.7 before 15.7.2. An attacker may cause Denial of Service on a GitLab instance by exploiting a regex issue in the submodule URL parser.
- Record
CVE-2022-3514- CVSS 3.1
- 4.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L - Weakness
- CWE-1333
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2022-42883
An issue has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions starting from 6.6 before 15.5.7, all versions starting from 15.6 before 15.6.4, all versions starting from 15.7 before 15.7.2. An attacker may cause Denial of Service on a GitLab instance by exploiting a regex issue in the submodule URL parser.
- Record
EUVD-2022-42883- CVSS 3.1
- 4.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-4mw5-77qf-jmw4
An issue has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions starting from 6.6 before 15.5...
An issue has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions starting from 6.6 before 15.5.7, all versions starting from 15.6 before 15.6.4, all versions starting from 15.7 before 15.7.2. An attacker may cause Denial of Service on a GitLab instance by exploiting a regex issue in the submodule URL parser.
- Record
GHSA-4mw5-77qf-jmw4- CVSS 3.1
- 5.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L - Weakness
- CWE-1333
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
An issue has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions starting from 6.6 before 15.5.7, all versions starting from 15.6 before 15.6.4, all versions starting from 15.7 before 15.7.2. An attacker may cause Denial of Service on a GitLab instance by exploiting a regex issue in the submodule URL parser.
- Record
CVE-2022-3514- CVSS 3.1
- 4.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L - CVSS 3.1
- 5.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L - Weakness
- CWE-1333
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
An issue has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions starting from 6.6 before 15.5.7, all versions starting from 15.6 before 15.6.4, all versions starting from 15.7 before 15.7.2. An attacker may cause Denial of Service on a GitLab instance by exploiting a regex issue in the submodule URL parser.
- Record
CVE-2022-3514- CVSS 3.1
- 4.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2022-3514
An issue has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions starting from 6.6 before 15.5.7, all versions starting from 15.6 before 15.6.4, all versions starting from 15.7 before 15.7.2. An attacker may cause Denial of Service on a GitLab instance by exploiting a regex issue in the submodule URL parser.
- Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2022-3514- CVSS 3.1
- 5.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L - CVSS 3.1
- 4.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVBIT-gitlab-2022-3514 No score
An issue has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions starting from 6.6 before 15.5.7, all versions starting from 15.6 before 15.6.4, all versions starting from 15.7 before 15.7.2. An attacker may cause Denial of Service on a GitLab instance by exploiting a regex issue in the submodule URL parser.
- Record
BIT-gitlab-2022-3514- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2022-3514 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 4.3) in Gitlab, published January 12, 2023. 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 15.5.7.
References
gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/377978
hackerone.com/reports/1727201
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-3514
github.com/advisories/GHSA-4mw5-77qf-jmw4
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-3514
cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-3514