CVE-2023-3900 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

An issue has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions starting from 16.1 before 16.1.3, all versions starting from 16.2 before 16.2.2. An invalid 'start_sha' value on merge requests page may lead to Denial of Service as Changes tab would not load.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Low

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00216.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Gitlab	Gitlab

Configuration 1 [-]

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

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Fixes

Solution

Upgrade to version 16.2.2, 16.1.3 or above

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/418770
https://hackerone.com/reports/2058514
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-3900
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-3900

History

Thu, 03 Oct 2024 07:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Weaknesses	CWE-20

Thu, 03 Oct 2024 06:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Title	Improper Input Validation in GitLab	Improper Validation of Specified Type of Input in GitLab
Weaknesses		CWE-1287

Thu, 19 Sep 2024 02:30:00 +0000

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

Thu, 29 Aug 2024 15:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
CPEs		cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab::::::::

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitLab

Published: 2023-08-02T00:07:05.231Z

Updated: 2025-05-22T04:06:48.537Z

Reserved: 2023-07-25T10:30:28.129Z

Link: CVE-2023-3900

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T07:08:50.790Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-08-02T01:15:09.607

Modified: 2024-11-21T08:18:19.490

Link: CVE-2023-3900

Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2023-08-02T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2023-3900 - Bugzilla

OpenCVE Enrichment

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