CVE-2023-0450 (GCVE-0-2023-0450)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-04-05 00:00 – Updated: 2025-02-11 15:29
VLAI?
Summary
An issue has been discovered in GitLab affecting all versions starting from 8.1 to 15.8.5, and from 15.9 to 15.9.4, and from 15.10 to 15.10.1. It was possible to add a branch with an ambiguous name that could be used to social engineer users.
Severity ?
3.7 (Low)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
CWE
  • Vulnerability in GitLab
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
GitLab GitLab Affected: >=8.1, <15.8.5
Affected: >=15.9, <15.9.4
Affected: >=15.10, <15.10.1
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Credits
Thanks [inspector-ambitious](https://hackerone.com/inspector-ambitious) for reporting this vulnerability through our HackerOne bug bounty program
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