github - ghsa-3c57-hg33-rhrp

ghsa-3c57-hg33-rhrp

Vulnerability from github

Published

2025-08-27 21:31

Modified

2025-08-27 21:31

Severity ?

5.0 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N

Details

An issue has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions before 18.1.5, 18.2 before 18.2.5, and 18.3 before 18.3.1 that under certain conditions could have allowed an authenticated attacker to distribute malicious code that appears harmless in the web interface by taking advantage of ambiguity between branches and tags during repository imports.

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  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2025-5101"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
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      "CWE-94"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2025-08-27T20:15:34Z",
    "severity": "MODERATE"
  },
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  "id": "GHSA-3c57-hg33-rhrp",
  "modified": "2025-08-27T21:31:38Z",
  "published": "2025-08-27T21:31:38Z",
  "references": [
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      "type": "ADVISORY",
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    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://hackerone.com/reports/3124199"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/545165"
    }
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  "severity": [
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      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
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}

CVE-2025-5101 (GCVE-0-2025-5101)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5

Published

2025-08-27 19:33

Modified

2025-08-27 19:53

Severity ?

5.0 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N

CWE

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

Summary

References

▼	URL	Tags
	https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/545165	issue-tracking, permissions-required
	https://hackerone.com/reports/3124199	technical-description, exploit, permissions-required

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	GitLab	GitLab	Version: 0 ≤ Version: 18.2 ≤ Version: 18.3 ≤ cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab::::::::

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                  },
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                  }
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                "timestamp": "2025-08-27T19:53:27.843157Z",
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        },
        "title": "CISA ADP Vulnrichment"
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Sightings

Author	Source	Type	Date

Nomenclature

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Confirmed: The vulnerability is confirmed from an analyst perspective.
Exploited: This vulnerability was exploited and seen by the user reporting the sighting.
Patched: This vulnerability was successfully patched by the user reporting the sighting.
Not exploited: This vulnerability was not exploited or seen by the user reporting the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expresses doubt about the veracity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: This vulnerability was not successfully patched by the user reporting the sighting.

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