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CVE-2023-4002

Insertion of Sensitive Information Into Sent Data in GitLab

Severity Score

6.5
*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

0
*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

-
*KEV

Decision

Track*
*SSVC
Descriptions

An issue has been discovered in GitLab EE affecting all versions starting from 14.1 before 16.0.8, all versions starting from 16.1 before 16.1.3, all versions starting from 16.2 before 16.2.2. It was possible for EE-licensed users to link any security policy project by its ID to projects or groups the user has access to, potentially revealing the security projects's configured security policies.

*Credits: This vulnerability has been discovered internally by GitLab team member [bauerdominic](https://gitlab.com/bauerdominic)
CVSS Scores
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
High
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None
* Common Vulnerability Scoring System
SSVC
  • Decision:Track*
Exploitation
Poc
Automatable
No
Tech. Impact
Partial
* Organization's Worst-case Scenario
Timeline
  • 2023-07-28 CVE Reserved
  • 2023-08-04 CVE Published
  • 2024-08-10 EPSS Updated
  • 2024-10-03 CVE Updated
  • ---------- Exploited in Wild
  • ---------- KEV Due Date
  • ---------- First Exploit
CWE
  • CWE-201: Insertion of Sensitive Information Into Sent Data
  • CWE-284: Improper Access Control
CAPEC
References (1)
URL Tag Source
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/416647 Broken Link
URL Date SRC
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"
 >= 14.1.0 < 16.0.8
Search vendor "Gitlab" for product "Gitlab" and version " >= 14.1.0 < 16.0.8"
enterprise
Affected
Gitlab
Search vendor "Gitlab"
 Gitlab
Search vendor "Gitlab" for product "Gitlab"
 >= 16.1.0 < 16.1.3
Search vendor "Gitlab" for product "Gitlab" and version " >= 16.1.0 < 16.1.3"
enterprise
Affected
Gitlab
Search vendor "Gitlab"
 Gitlab
Search vendor "Gitlab" for product "Gitlab"
 >= 16.2.0 < 16.2.2
Search vendor "Gitlab" for product "Gitlab" and version " >= 16.2.0 < 16.2.2"
enterprise
Affected