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GHSA-3VP4-9JC4-Q799

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2023-12-15 18:30 – Updated: 2023-12-15 18:30

Details

An issue has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 16.3 before 16.4.4, all versions starting from 16.5 before 16.5.4, all versions starting from 16.6 before 16.6.2. File integrity may be compromised when specific HTML encoding is used for file names leading for incorrect representation in the UI.

Severity ?

4.8 (Medium)


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

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  "modified": "2023-12-15T18:30:28Z",
  "published": "2023-12-15T18:30:28Z",
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CVE-2023-5512 (GCVE-0-2023-5512)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-12-15 16:03 – Updated: 2025-11-20 04:10

Summary

Severity ?

4.8 (Medium)


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

CWE

CWE-94 - Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')

Assigner

GitLab

References

URL

Tags

	https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/427827	issue-tracking
	https://hackerone.com/reports/2194607	technical-descriptionexploitpermissions-required

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	GitLab	GitLab	Affected: 16.3 , < 16.4.4 (semver) Affected: 16.5 , < 16.5.4 (semver) Affected: 16.6 , < 16.6.2 (semver) cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab::::::::

Credits

Thanks [st4nly0n](https://hackerone.com/st4nly0n) for reporting this vulnerability through our HackerOne bug bounty program

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Sightings

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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-3VP4-9JC4-Q799

CVE-2023-5512 (GCVE-0-2023-5512)

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