CVE-2023-3906 (GCVE-0-2023-3906)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-09-29 06:02 – Updated: 2025-11-20 04:08
VLAI?
Summary
An input validation issue in the asset proxy in GitLab EE, affecting all versions from 12.3 prior to 16.2.8, 16.3 prior to 16.3.5, and 16.4 prior to 16.4.1, allowed an authenticated attacker to craft image urls which bypass the asset proxy.
Severity ?
3.5 (Low)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
CWE
  • CWE-1287 - Improper Validation of Specified Type of Input
Assigner
References
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/419213 issue-tracking
https://hackerone.com/reports/2071411 technical-descriptionexploitpermissions-required
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
GitLab GitLab Affected: 12.3 , < 16.2.8 (semver)
Affected: 16.3 , < 16.3.5 (semver)
Affected: 16.4 , < 16.4.1 (semver)
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Credits
Thanks [afewgoats](https://hackerone.com/afewgoats) for reporting this vulnerability through our HackerOne bug bounty program
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