CVE-2022-3819 — An improper authorization issue in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 15

An improper authorization issue in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 15.0 prior to 15.3.5, 15.4 prior to 15.4.4, and 15.5 prior to 15.5.2 allows a malicious users to set emojis on internal notes they don't have access to.

01What is this vulnerability?

An improper authorization issue in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 15.0 prior to 15.3.5, 15.4 prior to 15.4.4, and 15.5 prior to 15.5.2 allows a malicious users to set emojis on internal notes they don't have access to.

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
GitLab	GitLab	>=15.0, <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: 2025-05-01T19:20:42.132Z

09References

• gitlab.com — https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/365847
• gitlab.com — https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2022/CVE-2022-3819.json