Authenticated local-host access via DNS-rebound repository mirror
Published Jan 27, 2023 · Updated Mar 28, 2025
Blind SSRF in GitLab EE before 15.4.6, 15.5.0 through 15.5.4, and 15.6.0 allows remote authenticated users to reach local hosts. Repository mirroring validates an attacker-controlled hostname before use but resolves it again during the outbound Git request, allowing DNS rebinding to a loopback address. Project access that permits push-mirror configuration is required; the result is a blind outbound connection with error-based confirmation, not response-body disclosure.
Summary
What happened
Blind SSRF in GitLab EE before 15.4.6, 15.5.0 through 15.5.4, and 15.6.0 allows remote authenticated users to reach local hosts. Repository mirroring validates an attacker-controlled hostname before use but resolves it again during the outbound Git request, allowing DNS rebinding to a loopback address. Project access that permits push-mirror configuration is required; the result is a blind outbound connection with error-based confirmation, not response-body disclosure.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2022-4335
- Published
- Jan 27, 2023
- Updated
- Mar 28, 2025
- Vendor
- GitLab
- Product
- GitLab
- Classifications
- CWE-918
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Jan 27, 2023CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Mar 28, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
Exploitability
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- Affected versionversion=<15.4.6
- Affected versionversion=>=15.5, <15.5.5
- Affected versionversion=>=15.6, <15.6.1
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Attacks
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Weakness, pattern, technique
Public exploit references
- DNS-rebinding repository-mirror reproductionproof of concept · demonstrated
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