CVE-2023-0450

Severity Score

4.6

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

An issue has been discovered in GitLab affecting all versions starting from 8.1 to 15.8.5, and from 15.9 to 15.9.4, and from 15.10 to 15.10.1. It was possible to add a branch with an ambiguous name that could be used to social engineer users.

*Credits: Thanks [inspector-ambitious](https://hackerone.com/inspector-ambitious) for reporting this vulnerability through our HackerOne bug bounty program

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

Low

Availability

None

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

High

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

Low

Availability

None

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2023-01-23 CVE Reserved
2023-04-05 CVE Published
2024-08-02 CVE Updated
2024-10-26 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CAPEC

References (2)

URL	Tag	Source
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/388962	Broken Link

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2023/CVE-2023-0450.json	2023-04-12

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Gitlab Search vendor "Gitlab"		Gitlab Search vendor "Gitlab" for product "Gitlab"				>= 8.1.0 < 15.8.5 Search vendor "Gitlab" for product "Gitlab" and version " >= 8.1.0 < 15.8.5"		community		Affected
Gitlab Search vendor "Gitlab"		Gitlab Search vendor "Gitlab" for product "Gitlab"				>= 8.1.0 < 15.8.5 Search vendor "Gitlab" for product "Gitlab" and version " >= 8.1.0 < 15.8.5"		enterprise		Affected
Gitlab Search vendor "Gitlab"		Gitlab Search vendor "Gitlab" for product "Gitlab"				>= 15.9.0 < 15.9.4 Search vendor "Gitlab" for product "Gitlab" and version " >= 15.9.0 < 15.9.4"		community		Affected
Gitlab Search vendor "Gitlab"		Gitlab Search vendor "Gitlab" for product "Gitlab"				>= 15.9.0 < 15.9.4 Search vendor "Gitlab" for product "Gitlab" and version " >= 15.9.0 < 15.9.4"		enterprise		Affected
Gitlab Search vendor "Gitlab"		Gitlab Search vendor "Gitlab" for product "Gitlab"				15.10.0 Search vendor "Gitlab" for product "Gitlab" and version "15.10.0"		community		Affected
Gitlab Search vendor "Gitlab"		Gitlab Search vendor "Gitlab" for product "Gitlab"				15.10.0 Search vendor "Gitlab" for product "Gitlab" and version "15.10.0"		enterprise		Affected