CVE-2023-0756 (GCVE-0-2023-0756)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-05-03 00:00 – Updated: 2025-02-12 16:08
VLAI?
Summary
An issue has been discovered in GitLab affecting all versions before 15.9.6, all versions starting from 15.10 before 15.10.5, all versions starting from 15.11 before 15.11.1. The main branch of a repository with a specially crafted name allows an attacker to create repositories with malicious code, victims who clone or download these repositories will execute arbitrary code on their systems.
Severity ?
4.8 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
CWE
  • Improper control of generation of code ('code injection') in GitLab
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
GitLab GitLab Affected: <15.9.6
Affected: >=15.10, <15.10.5
Affected: >=15.11, <15.11.1
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Credits
Thanks [st4nly0n](https://hackerone.com/st4nly0n) for reporting this vulnerability through our HackerOne bug bounty program
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