CVE-2023-2825

GitLab Authenticated File Read

Severity Score

7.5

*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 CE/EE affecting only version 16.0.0. An unauthenticated malicious user can use a path traversal vulnerability to read arbitrary files on the server when an attachment exists in a public project nested within at least five groups.

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

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

None

Availability

None

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Changed

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

None

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2023-05-20 CVE Reserved
2023-05-26 CVE Published
2023-05-30 First Exploit
2024-08-02 CVE Updated
2024-11-05 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date

CWE

CWE-22: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

CAPEC

References (9)

URL	Tag	Source
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2023/CVE-2023-2825.json	Third Party Advisory
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/412371	Broken Link
https://about.gitlab.com/releases/2023/05/23/critical-security-release-gitlab-16-0-1-released
https://labs.watchtowr.com/gitlab-arbitrary-file-read-gitlab-cve-2023-2825-analysis

URL	Date	SRC
https://github.com/cc3305/CVE-2023-2825	2024-06-20
https://github.com/Occamsec/CVE-2023-2825	2023-06-02
https://github.com/Rubikcuv5/CVE-2023-2825	2023-06-17
https://github.com/caopengyan/CVE-2023-2825	2023-09-10
https://github.com/Tornad0007/CVE-2023-2825-Gitlab	2023-05-30

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC

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"				16.0.0 Search vendor "Gitlab" for product "Gitlab" and version "16.0.0"		community		Affected
Gitlab Search vendor "Gitlab"		Gitlab Search vendor "Gitlab" for product "Gitlab"				16.0.0 Search vendor "Gitlab" for product "Gitlab" and version "16.0.0"		enterprise		Affected