CVE-2022-1162

highpriority · attend · 75OT risk · highEPSS 0.756 · 100 %ileexploit · PoCEURUUS

grimoire priorityP1 · Urgent

Exploitable?

Public exploit

3 exploits · PoC

Likely / severe?

75.6% (100th) EPSS

CVSS 7.5 · high

Is it mine?

12 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

5 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-26

A hardcoded password was set for accounts registered using an OmniAuth provider (e.g. OAuth, LDAP, SAML) in GitLab CE/EE versions 14.7 prior to 14.7.7, 14.8 prior to 14.8.5, and 14.9 prior to 14.9.2 allowing attackers to potentially take over accounts

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

9.8

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · high–critical · 7.5–9.8

v2.07.5highAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:Pprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 10 · impact 6.4

v3.19.8criticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 3.9 · impact 5.9

v3.19.1criticalAV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Nsecondary · FSTEC (BDU) RU

v3.19.1criticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Nsecondary · ENISA EU

v3.19.1criticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Nsecondary · cve@gitlab.comexploitability 3.9 · impact 5.2

v3.19.8criticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:Hsecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-798USprimaryCWE-798US

exploits (3)

Public proof-of-concept and weaponised exploit code.

EDB-50888Gitlab 14.9 - Authentication BypassPoC · exploit_db
Greenwolf/CVE-2022-1162Greenwolf/CVE-2022-1162PoC · poc_in_github
ipsBruno/CVE-2022-1162A simple tool to enumerate users in gitlabPoC · poc_in_github

affected products (12)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

GitLab GitLab14.7, → 14.7.7enisa_euvdEU
GitLab GitLab14.8, → 14.8.5enisa_euvdEU
GitLab GitLab14.9, → 14.9.2enisa_euvdEU
GitLab Inc. Gitlab14.7 → 14.7.7fstec_bduRU
GitLab Inc. Gitlab14.8 → 14.8.5fstec_bduRU
GitLab Inc. Gitlab14.9 → 14.9.2fstec_bduRU
gitlab gitlab14.7.0 → 14.7.7nvdUScpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gitlab gitlab14.8.0 → 14.8.5nvdUScpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gitlab gitlab14.9.0 → 14.9.2nvdUScpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Bitnami gitlab14.7.0 → 14.7.7osvUSpkg:bitnami/gitlab
Bitnami gitlab14.8.0 → 14.8.5osvUSpkg:bitnami/gitlab
Bitnami gitlab14.9.0 → 14.9.2osvUSpkg:bitnami/gitlab

advisories (1)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

BIT-gitlab-2022-11622024-03-06vendor · osvUS
A hardcoded password was set for accounts registered using an OmniAuth provider (e.g. OAuth, LDAP, SAML) in GitLab CE/EE versions 14.7 prior to 14.7.7, 14.8 prior to 14.8.5, and 14.9 prior to 14.9.2 allowing attackers to potentially take over accounts

also known as (4)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd fstec_bdu nvd osv NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2022-04-04modified 2026-06-17

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references (15)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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