Critical severity · published Oct 1, 2024
CVE-2023-3441
Exposure of Sensitive Information Due to Incompatible Policies in GitLab
9.1
CVSS
0.6%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
An issue has been discovered in GitLab EE/CE affecting all versions starting from 8.0 before 16.4. The product did not sufficiently warn about security implications of granting merge rights to protected branches.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
High
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Changed
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.6% · higher than 46% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
GI
GitLab · GitLab
8.0 before 16.4 · source: vendor, NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-3441
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-3441
Exploit
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/416482
Exploit
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/417284
Permissions Required
https://hackerone.com/reports/2033561
Permissions Required
https://hackerone.com/reports/2041385
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