CVE-2023-0756 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

An issue has been discovered in GitLab affecting all versions before 15.9.6, all versions starting from 15.10 before 15.10.5, all versions starting from 15.11 before 15.11.1. The main branch of a repository with a specially crafted name allows an attacker to create repositories with malicious code, victims who clone or download these repositories will execute arbitrary code on their systems.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity High

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact High

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 0.00194.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

Vendors	Products
Gitlab	Gitlab

Configuration 1 [-]

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2023-12774	An issue has been discovered in GitLab affecting all versions before 15.9.6, all versions starting from 15.10 before 15.10.5, all versions starting from 15.11 before 15.11.1. The main branch of a repository with a specially crafted name allows an attacker to create repositories with malicious code, victims who clone or download these repositories will execute arbitrary code on their systems.

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-2023-0756.json
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/390910
https://hackerone.com/reports/1864278

History

Wed, 12 Feb 2025 16:15:00 +0000

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

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitLab

Published: 2023-05-03T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2025-02-12T16:08:12.043Z

Reserved: 2023-02-08T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2023-0756

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T05:24:34.193Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-05-03T22:15:16.073

Modified: 2024-11-21T07:37:45.617

Link: CVE-2023-0756

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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