CVE-2023-2181 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact Low

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 0.0035.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Gitlab	Gitlab

Configuration 1 [-]

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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-2023-2181.json
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/407859
https://hackerone.com/reports/1938185

History

Fri, 24 Jan 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: 2023-05-12T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2025-01-24T15:47:03.675Z

Reserved: 2023-04-19T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2023-2181

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T06:12:20.627Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-05-12T21:15:09.490

Modified: 2024-11-21T07:58:05.767

Link: CVE-2023-2181

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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