Observable discrepancy in Gitlab Community Edition and GitLab Enterprise Edition - CVE-2023-2013
Published: June 6, 2023
Vulnerability identifier: #VU77001
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:A/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2023-2013
CWE-ID: CWE-203
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 compromise the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to Observable discrepancy. A remote user can abuse a discrepancy between the Web application display and the git command line interface to social engineer victims into cloning non-trusted code.
How to mitigate CVE-2023-2013
Install updates from vendor's website.