CVE-2022-0740 — Incorrect authorization in the Asana integration's branch restriction feature in all versions of GitLab CE/EE starting from version 7.8.0 before 14.7.7, all versions starting from 14.8 before 14.8.5, all versions starting from 14.9 before 14.9.2 makes it possible to close Asana tasks from unrestricted branches

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Incorrect authorization in the Asana integration's branch restriction feature in all versions of GitLab CE/EE starting from version 7.8.0 before 14.7.7, all versions starting from 14.8 before 14.8.5, all versions starting from 14.9 before 14.9.2 makes it possible to close Asana tasks from unrestricted branches

Published Apr 4, 2022

4.3

MEDIUM

CVSS 3.1

EPSS 0.98%

Description

Incorrect authorization in the Asana integration's branch restriction feature in all versions of GitLab CE/EE starting from version 7.8.0 before 14.7.7, all versions starting from 14.8 before 14.8.5, all versions starting from 14.9 before 14.9.2 makes it possible to close Asana tasks from unrestricted branches.

Affected products

Vendor GitLab Product GitLab Default
n/a
- Version
  >=14.8, <14.8.5
  Status
  affected
  Constraints
  -
- Version
  >=14.9, <14.9.2
  Status
  affected
  Constraints
  -
- Version
  >=7.8, <14.7.7
  Status
  affected
  Constraints
  -

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor

Product

Default status

Versions

GitLab

n/a

Version	Status	Constraints
>=14.8, <14.8.5	affected	-
>=14.9, <14.9.2	affected	-
>=7.8, <14.7.7	affected	-

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

0.98% 0.00984

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 3, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.00984

Score over time

2022–2026

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Percentile over time

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Table of values (11 key points)

Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 3, 2026	0.98% (0.00984)	61.02th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	0.94% (0.00941)	56.16th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	0.10% (0.00095)	24.50th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	0.07% (0.00067)	31.70th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
May 22, 2024	0.07% (0.00067)	29.30th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Feb 19, 2024	0.07% (0.00067)	27.26th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Apr 11, 2023	0.08% (0.00079)	32.47th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.06% (0.00056)	21.46th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	0.89% (0.00890)	30.33th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Sep 14, 2022	0.89% (0.00890)	28.69th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 5, 2022	0.89% (0.00890)	26.67th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (1)

CWE-863

Incorrect Authorization

References (3)

https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2022/CVE-2022-0740.json
x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/349359
x_refsource_MISCBroken Link
https://hackerone.com/reports/1411216
x_refsource_MISCPermissions RequiredThird Party Advisory

Link	Providers	Tags
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2022/CVE-2022-0740.json		x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/349359		x_refsource_MISCBroken Link
https://hackerone.com/reports/1411216		x_refsource_MISCPermissions RequiredThird Party Advisory

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner GitLab

Published Apr 4, 2022

Updated Aug 2, 2024

Reserved Feb 23, 2022

Link CVE-2022-0740

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 17, 2026

Link CVE-2022-0740

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2022-0740