CVE-2023-0450 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

An issue has been discovered in GitLab affecting all versions starting from 8.1 to 15.8.5, and from 15.9 to 15.9.4, and from 15.10 to 15.10.1. It was possible to add a branch with an ambiguous name that could be used to social engineer users.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity High

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.01028.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Gitlab	Gitlab

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:::::community:::*
	cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:::::enterprise:::*
	cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:::::community:::*
	cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:::::enterprise:::*
	cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:15.10.0::::community:::
	cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:15.10.0::::enterprise:::

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2023-12504	An issue has been discovered in GitLab affecting all versions starting from 8.1 to 15.8.5, and from 15.9 to 15.9.4, and from 15.10 to 15.10.1. It was possible to add a branch with an ambiguous name that could be used to social engineer users.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2023/CVE-2023-0450.json
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/388962
https://hackerone.com/reports/1831547

History

Tue, 11 Feb 2025 16:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitLab

Published: 2023-04-05T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2025-02-11T15:29:29.135Z

Reserved: 2023-01-23T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2023-0450

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T05:10:56.334Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-04-05T21:15:07.097

Modified: 2024-11-21T07:37:12.020

Link: CVE-2023-0450

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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