Cyber Resilience

CVE-2022-3331

LowPublic PoC

Published: 17 October 2022

Published
17 October 2022
Modified
14 May 2025
KEV Added
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Patch
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CVSS Score v3.1 3.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N
EPSS Score 0.0017 38.6th percentile
Risk Priority 7 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2022-3331 is a low-severity Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key (CWE-639) vulnerability in Gitlab Gitlab. Its CVSS base score is 3.5 (Low).

Operationally, ranked at the 38.6th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

An issue has been discovered in GitLab EE affecting all versions starting from 14.5 before 15.1.6, all versions starting from 15.2 before 15.2.4, all versions starting from 15.3 before 15.3.2. GitLab's Zentao integration has an insecure direct object reference vulnerability…

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that may be exploited by an attacker to leak Zentao project issues.

CWE(s)
CWE-639

Related Threats

No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.

Affected Assets

gitlab
gitlab
14.5 — 15.1.6 · 15.2 — 15.2.4 · 15.3 — 15.3.2

Mitigating Controls

Likely Mitigating Controls AI

Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.

AC-24 Access Control Decisions
addresses: CWE-639

Per-request decision making makes it harder to bypass authorization using user-controlled keys without proper validation in the decision process.

AC-3 Access Enforcement
addresses: CWE-639

Consistent enforcement of approved authorizations makes bypassing via user-controlled keys ineffective.

References