CVE-2022-3280 — An open redirect in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 10

An open redirect in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 10.1 prior to 15.3.5, 15.4 prior to 15.4.4, and 15.5 prior to 15.5.2 allows an attacker to trick users into visiting a trustworthy URL and being redirected to arbitrary content.

01What is this vulnerability?

An open redirect in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 10.1 prior to 15.3.5, 15.4 prior to 15.4.4, and 15.5 prior to 15.5.2 allows an attacker to trick users into visiting a trustworthy URL and being redirected to arbitrary content.

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
GitLab	GitLab	>=10.1, <15.3.5, >=15.4, <15.4.4, >=15.5, <15.5.2

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

• Published: 2022-11-09T00:00:00.000Z
• Last modified: 2025-05-01T19:25:23.142Z

09References

• gitlab.com — https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/352611
• hackerone.com — https://hackerone.com/reports/1475686
• gitlab.com — https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2022/CVE-2022-3280.json