Command Injection in Gitlab Community Edition and GitLab Enterprise Edition - CVE-2023-1708
Published: March 31, 2023
Vulnerability identifier: #VU74248
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2023-1708
CWE-ID: CWE-77
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: GitLab, Inc
Affected software:
Gitlab Community Edition
GitLab Enterprise Edition
Gitlab Community Edition
GitLab Enterprise Edition
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to non-printable characters are copied from clipboard. A remote user can pass specially crafted data to the application and execute arbitrary commands on the target system.
How to mitigate CVE-2023-1708
Install updates from vendor's website.