Spoofing attack in Gitlab Community Edition and GitLab Enterprise Edition - CVE-2023-2001

 

Spoofing attack in Gitlab Community Edition and GitLab Enterprise Edition - CVE-2023-2001

Published: June 6, 2023


Vulnerability identifier: #VU76996
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 5.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2023-2001
CWE-ID: CWE-451
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform spoofing attack.

The vulnerability exists due to incorrect processing of user-supplied data. A remote user can spoof protected tags, leading a victim to download malicious code.


Affected software

Gitlab Community Edition
GitLab Enterprise Edition

How to mitigate CVE-2023-2001

Install updates from vendor's website.

Gitlab Community Edition - addressed in versions 15.10.8, 15.11.7, 16.0.2
GitLab Enterprise Edition - addressed in versions 15.10.8, 15.11.7, 16.0.2

External References

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