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GHSA-3CW2-66PX-R367

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2023-08-30 09:30 – Updated: 2024-03-13 03:31

Details

An issue has been discovered in GitLab affecting all versions starting from 16.2.0. Committing directories containing LF character results in 500 errors when viewing the commit

Severity ?

4.3 (Medium)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

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  "modified": "2024-03-13T03:31:05Z",
  "published": "2023-08-30T09:30:15Z",
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    },
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      "url": "https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/SJ42V7O7F4OU6R7QSQQECLB6LDHKZIMQ"
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CVE-2023-4522 (GCVE-0-2023-4522)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-08-30 07:01 – Updated: 2025-11-20 04:09

Summary

An issue has been discovered in GitLab affecting all versions before 16.2.0. Committing directories containing LF character results in 500 errors when viewing the commit.

Severity ?

4.3 (Medium)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

CWE

CWE-1287 - Improper Validation of Specified Type of Input

Assigner

GitLab

References

URL

Tags

	https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/406817	issue-tracking
	https://hackerone.com/reports/1937213	technical-descriptionexploitpermissions-required

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	GitLab	GitLab	Affected: 0 , < 16.2.0 (semver) cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab::::::::

Credits

Thanks [cryptopone](https://hackerone.com/cryptopone) for reporting this vulnerability through our HackerOne bug bounty program

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Sightings

Author	Source	Type	Date

Nomenclature

Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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GHSA-3CW2-66PX-R367

CVE-2023-4522 (GCVE-0-2023-4522)

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