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CVE-2023-2181

An issue has been discovered in GitLab affecting all versions before 15.9.8, 15.10.0 before 15.10.7, and 15.11.0 before 15.11.3. A…

Medium6.3EPSS 0.73%
Published
Updated
Reserved
Assigned by
GitLab

Description

An issue has been discovered in GitLab affecting all versions before 15.9.8, 15.10.0 before 15.10.7, and 15.11.0 before 15.11.3. A malicious developer could use a git feature called refs/replace to smuggle content into a merge request which would not be visible during review in the UI.

Scores

CVSS scores of CVE-2023-2181, by who scored it
Scored byCVSSScoreVector
GitLabCNA (assigner)3.1Medium6.3CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:N
NVDNVD · Modified3.1Medium6.5CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
0.73% · top 46% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)
CISA SSVC
Exploitation: poc · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.3.

Weakness

  • Improper access control in GitLab
  • CWE-noinfo Not enough information

Affected products

  • GitLab · GitLab

    • affected <15.9.8
    • affected >=15.10, <15.10.7
    • affected >=15.11, <15.11.3

References (3)

Sources

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