🛡️ CVE-2022-3820 — gitlab

🟡 CVSS 5.0 — Medium ⚠️ Exploit Public CWE-290 OSV
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Description

An issue has been discovered in GitLab affecting all versions starting from 15.4 prior to 15.4.4, and 15.5 prior to 15.5.2. GitLab was not performing correct authentication with some Package Registries when IP address restrictions were configured, allowing an attacker already in possession of a valid Deploy Token to misuse it from any location.

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached over the network, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs administrative privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality high, integrity high, availability none.

Weakness class

CVE-2022-3820 is classified as CWE-290: Authentication Bypass by Spoofing. Identity is inferred from something an attacker can forge, such as a header or address.

Affected software

CVE-2022-3820 is recorded against 1 package.

  • gitlab

Timeline and source

Published on 6 March 2024 and last revised on 17 June 2026. A public exploit is known to exist, which raises the urgency of patching considerably. Record sourced from OSV.

References

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

CVE-2022-3820 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:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
CWE CWE-290
Public Exploit ⚠️ Yes
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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