GitLab CE/EE - Remote Code Execution

highseverity

8.8CVSS score

76.7%likelihood of exploitation, next 30 days

100%of all CVEs are less likely

Readycheck to confirm it

GitLab CE/EE 14.0 prior to 14.10.5, 15.0 prior to 15.0.4, and 15.1 prior to 15.1.1 is susceptible to remote code execution. An authenticated user authorized to import projects can import a maliciously crafted project, thus possibly being able to execute malware, obtain sensitive information, modify data, and/or gain full control over a compromised system without entering necessary credentials.

Impact

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code on the affected system.

Fix

Apply the latest security patches provided by GitLab to mitigate this vulnerability.

How to confirm it

Send: GET {{BaseURL}}/users/sign_in
Positive when: contains "003236d7e2c5f1f035dc8b67026d7583ee198b568932acd8faeac18cec6…" or "1062bbba2e9b04e360569154a8df8705a75d9e17de1a3a9acd5bd20f000…" or "1832611738f1e31dd00a8293bbf90fce9811b3eea5b21798a63890dbc51…" or "1ae98447c220181b7bd2dfe88018cb6e1b1e4d12d7b8c224d651a48ed2d…"

Run it with nuclei: nuclei -id CVE-2022-2185 -u <target>. This check is not marked as verified by its authors.

The full check

id: CVE-2022-2185

info:
  name: GitLab CE/EE - Remote Code Execution
  author: GitLab Red Team
  severity: high
  description: GitLab CE/EE 14.0 prior to 14.10.5, 15.0 prior to 15.0.4, and 15.1 prior to 15.1.1 is susceptible to remote code execution. An authenticated user authorized to import projects can import a maliciously crafted project, thus possibly being able to execute malware, obtain sensitive information, modify data, and/or gain full control over a compromised system without entering necessary credentials.
  impact: |
    Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code on the affected system.
  remediation: |
    Apply the latest security patches provided by GitLab to mitigate this vulnerability.
  reference:
    - https://gitlab.com/gitlab-com/gl-security/threatmanagement/redteam/redteam-public/cve-hash-harvester
    - https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2022/CVE-2022-2185.json
    - https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2022-2185
    - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-2185
    - https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/366088
  classification:
    cvss-metrics: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    cvss-score: 8.8
    cve-id: CVE-2022-2185
    cwe-id: CWE-78
    epss-score: 0.7665
    epss-percentile: 0.99548
    cpe: cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:community:*:*:*
  metadata:
    max-request: 1
    vendor: gitlab
    product: gitlab
    shodan-query:
      - http.title:"GitLab"
      - cpe:"cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab"
      - http.title:"gitlab"
    fofa-query: title="gitlab"
    google-query: intitle:"gitlab"
  tags: cve,cve2022,gitlab,vuln

http:
  - method: GET
    path:
      - "{{BaseURL}}/users/sign_in"

    redirects: true
    max-redirects: 3
    matchers:
      - type: word
        words:
          - "003236d7e2c5f1f035dc8b67026d7583ee198b568932acd8faeac18cec673dfa"
          - "1062bbba2e9b04e360569154a8df8705a75d9e17de1a3a9acd5bd20f000fec8b"
          - "1832611738f1e31dd00a8293bbf90fce9811b3eea5b21798a63890dbc51769c8"
          - "1ae98447c220181b7bd2dfe88018cb6e1b1e4d12d7b8c224d651a48ed2d95dfe"
          - "1d765038b21c5c76ff8492561c29984f3fa5c4b8cfb3a6c7b216ac8ab18b78c7"
          - "1d840f0c4634c8813d3056f26cbab7a685d544050360a611a9df0b42371f4d98"
          - "2ea7e9be931f24ebc2a67091b0f0ff95ba18e386f3d312545bb5caaac6c1a8be"
          - "301b60d2c71a595adfb65b22edee9023961c5190e1807f6db7c597675b0a61f0"
          - "383b8952f0627703ada7774dd42f3b901ea2e499fd556fce3ae0c6d604ad72b7"
          - "4f233d907f30a050ca7e40fbd91742d444d28e50691c51b742714df8181bf4e7"
          - "50d9206410f00bb00cc8f95865ab291c718e7a026e7fdc1fc9db0480586c4bc9"
          - "515dc29796a763b500d37ec0c765957a136c9e1f1972bb52c3d7edcf4b6b8bbe"
          - "57e83f1a3cf7c0fe3cf2357802306688dab60cf6a30d00e14e67826070db92de"
          - "5cd37ee959b5338b5fb48eafc6c7290ca1fa60e653292304102cc19a16cc25e4"
          - "5df2cb13ec314995ea43d698e888ddb240dbc7ccb6e635434dc8919eced3e25f"
          - "6a58066d1bde4b6e661fbd5bde83d2dd90615ab409b8c8c36e04954fbd923424"
          - "6eb5eaa5726150b8135a4fd09118cfd6b29f128586b7fa5019a04f1c740e9193"
          - "6fa9fec63ba24ec06fcae0ec30d1369619c2c3323fe9ddc4849af86457d59eef"
          - "739a920f5840de93f944ec86c5a181d0205f1d9e679a4df1b9bf5b0882ab848a"
          - "775f130d36e9eb14cb67c6a63551511b87f78944cebcf6cdddb78292030341df"
          - "7d0792b17e1d2ccac7c6820dda1b54020b294006d7867b7d78a05060220a0213"
          - "8b78708916f28aa9e54dacf9c9c08d720837ce78d8260c36c0f828612567d353"
          - "90abf7746df5cb82bca9949de6f512de7cb10bec97d3f5103299a9ce38d5b159"
          - "95ae8966ec1e6021f2553c7d275217fcfecd5a7f0b206151c5fb701beb7baf1e"
          - "a4333a9de660b9fc4d227403f57d46ec275d6a6349a6f5bda0c9557001f87e5d"
          - "a6d68fb0380bece011b0180b2926142630414c1d7a3e268fb461c51523b63778"
          - "a743f974bacea01ccc609dcb79247598bd2896f64377ce4a9f9d0333ab7b274e"
          - "a8bf3d1210afa873d9b9af583e944bdbf5ac7c8a63f6eccc3d6795802bd380d2"
          - "ba74062de4171df6109c4c96da1ebe2b538bb6cc7cd55867cbdfba44777700e1"
          - "c91127b2698c0a2ae0103be3accffe01995b8531bf1027ae4f0a8ad099e7a209"
          - "cfa6748598b5e507db0e53906a7639e2c197a53cb57da58b0a20ed087cc0b9d5"
          - "e539e07c389f60596c92b06467c735073788196fa51331255d66ff7afde5dfee"
          - "f8ba2470fbf1e30f2ce64d34705b8e6615ac964ea84163c8a6adaaf8a91f9eac"
          - "ff058b10a8dce9956247adba2e410a7f80010a236b2269fb53e0df5cd091e61d"
        condition: or

    extractors:
      - type: regex
        group: 1
        regex:
          - '(?:application-)(\S{64})(?:\.css)'

References

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