#VU84418 Security features bypass in Gitlab Community Edition and GitLab Enterprise Edition - CVE-2023-5512

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#VU84418 Security features bypass in Gitlab Community Edition and GitLab Enterprise Edition - CVE-2023-5512

Published: December 14, 2023


Vulnerability identifier: #VU84418
Vulnerability risk: Medium
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:A/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2023-5512
CWE-ID: CWE-254
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Gitlab Community Edition
GitLab Enterprise Edition
Software vendor:
GitLab, Inc

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain unauthorized access to otherwise restricted functionality.

The vulnerability exists due to the omission of double encoding in file names which facilitates the creation of repositories with malicious content. A remote user can use specific HTML encoding for file names leading for incorrect representation in the UI.


Remediation

Install updates from vendor's website.

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