CVE-2023-4522

Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in GitLab

Severity Score

5.3

*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 before 16.2.0. Committing directories containing LF character results in 500 errors when viewing the commit.

*Credits: Thanks [cryptopone](https://hackerone.com/cryptopone) 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

None

Integrity

None

Availability

Low

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

Low

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2023-08-24 CVE Reserved
2023-08-30 CVE Published
2024-09-05 EPSS Updated
2024-09-18 CVE Updated
2024-09-18 First Exploit
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date

CWE

CWE-138: Improper Neutralization of Special Elements

CAPEC

References (1)

URL	Tag	Source

URL	Date	SRC
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/406817	2024-09-18

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"				< 16.2.0 Search vendor "Gitlab" for product "Gitlab" and version " < 16.2.0"		-		Affected