CVE-2023-1279 (GCVE-0-2023-1279)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-09-01 10:01 – Updated: 2025-11-20 04:06
VLAI?
Summary
An issue has been discovered in GitLab affecting all versions starting from 4.1 before 16.1.5, all versions starting from 16.2 before 16.2.5, all versions starting from 16.3 before 16.3.1 where it was possible to create a URL that would redirect to a different project.
Severity ?
2.6 (Low)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
CWE
  • CWE-601 - URL Redirection to Untrusted Site ('Open Redirect')
Assigner
References
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/395437 issue-tracking
https://hackerone.com/reports/1889230 technical-descriptionexploitpermissions-required
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
GitLab GitLab Affected: 4.1 , < 16.1.5 (semver)
Affected: 16.2 , < 16.2.5 (semver)
Affected: 16.3 , < 16.3.1 (semver)
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Credits
Thanks [akadrian](https://hackerone.com/akadrian) for reporting this vulnerability through our HackerOne bug bounty program
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