CVE-2023-2181 (GCVE-0-2023-2181)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2023-05-12 00:00
Modified
2025-01-24 15:47
Severity ?
6.3 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:N
CWE
  • Improper access control in GitLab
Summary
An issue has been discovered in GitLab affecting all versions before 15.9.8, 15.10.0 before 15.10.7, and 15.11.0 before 15.11.3. A malicious developer could use a git feature called refs/replace to smuggle content into a merge request which would not be visible during review in the UI.
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Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
GitLab GitLab Version: <15.9.8
Version: >=15.10, <15.10.7
Version: >=15.11, <15.11.3
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