🛡️ CVE-2022-3288 — gitlab

🟡 CVSS 5.0 — Medium ✅ No Known Exploit CWE-471 OSV
5.0
CVSS Score
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Description

A branch/tag name confusion in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions prior to 15.2.5, 15.3 prior to 15.3.4, and 15.4 prior to 15.4.1 allows an attacker to manipulate pages where the content of the default branch would be expected.

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached over the network, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs low-level privileges on the target. A user must be tricked into taking some action. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality none, integrity low, availability none.

Weakness class

CVE-2022-3288 is classified as CWE-471: Modification of Assumed-Immutable Data. Data the code treats as fixed can in fact be changed by an attacker.

Affected software

CVE-2022-3288 is recorded against 1 package.

  • gitlab

Timeline and source

Published on 6 March 2024 and last revised on 17 June 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from OSV.

References

gitlab.com (Web)
gitlab.com (Web)
hackerone.com (Web)
nvd.nist.gov (Web)

CVE-2022-3288 on other distributions

Each distribution ships its own build and its own fixed version. Pick the one you run:

Details

Severity MEDIUM
CVSS Score 5.0
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
CWE CWE-471
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source OSV
Published 2024-03-06
Updated 2026-08-12
Modified 2026-06-17
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
gitlab — —

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