CVE-2023-4018 (GCVE-0-2023-4018)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-09-01 10:30 – Updated: 2025-11-20 04:09
VLAI?
Summary
An issue has been discovered in GitLab affecting all versions starting from 16.2 before 16.2.5, all versions starting from 16.3 before 16.3.1. Due to improper permission validation it was possible to create model experiments in public projects.
Severity ?
4.3 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
CWE
  • CWE-425 - Direct Request ('Forced Browsing')
Assigner
References
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/420301 issue-tracking
https://hackerone.com/reports/2083440 technical-descriptionexploitpermissions-required
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
GitLab GitLab Affected: 16.2 , < 16.2.5 (semver)
Affected: 16.3 , < 16.3.1 (semver)
    cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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Credits
Thanks [ricardobrito](https://hackerone.com/ricardobrito) for reporting this vulnerability through our HackerOne bug bounty program.
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