CVE-2023-2181

An issue has been discovered in GitLab affecting all versions before 15.9.8, 15.10.0 before 15.10.7, and 15.11.0 before 15.11.3. A malicious developer could use a git feature called refs/replace to smuggle content into a merge request which would not be visible during review in the UI.

CVSS v3 6.5 MEDIUM

6.5^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.8 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact NONE

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2023/CVE-2023-2181.json	Third Party Advisory
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/407859	Broken Link
https://hackerone.com/reports/1938185	Permissions Required

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab::::::::

History

26 May 2023, 17:50

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
CWE		NVD-CWE-noinfo
CVSS	v2 : ~~unknown~~ v3 : ~~unknown~~	v2 : unknown v3 : 6.5
References	~~(CONFIRM) https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2023/CVE-2023-2181.json -~~	(CONFIRM) https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2023/CVE-2023-2181.json - Third Party Advisory
References	~~(MISC) https://hackerone.com/reports/1938185 -~~	(MISC) https://hackerone.com/reports/1938185 - Permissions Required
References	~~(MISC) https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/407859 -~~	(MISC) https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/407859 - Broken Link
CPE		cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab::::::::
First Time		Gitlab Gitlab gitlab

12 May 2023, 21:15

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
New CVE

Information

Published : 2023-05-12 21:15

Updated : 2023-12-10 15:01

NVD link : CVE-2023-2181

Mitre link : CVE-2023-2181

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2023-2181

JSON object : View

Products Affected

gitlab

gitlab

CWE

NVD-CWE-noinfo

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