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title: "CVE-2022-1783\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2022-1783

Publication date 6 June 2022

Last updated 25 August 2025

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

## Cvss 3 Severity Score

**2.7 · Low**

[Score breakdown](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-1783?format=md#impact-score)

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## Description

An issue has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions
starting from 14.3 before 14.9.5, all versions starting from 14.10 before
14.10.4, all versions starting from 15.0 before 15.0.1. It may be possible
for malicious group maintainers to add new members to a project within
their group, through the REST API, even after their group owner enabled a
setting to prevent members from being added to projects within that group.

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)

## Severity score breakdown

CVSS version:
CVSS v3.0

**Base score**

2.7 · Low

* Base metrics

  | Parameter | Value |
  | --- | --- |
  | Attack vector | Network |
  | Attack complexity | Low |
  | Privileges required | High |
  | User interaction | None |
  | Scope | Unchanged |
  | Confidentiality impact | None |
  | Integrity impact | Low |
  | Availability impact | None |
* Scores

  | Parameter | Value |
  | --- | --- |
  | Base score | 2.7 · Low |
  | Exploitability score | - |
  | Impact score | - |

**Vector:** CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2022-1783)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-1783)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2022-1783)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2022-1783)

### Other references

* <https://about.gitlab.com/releases/2022/06/01/critical-security-release-gitlab-15-0-1-released/>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-1783>