CVE-2023-3401: An issue has been discovered in GitLab affecting all versions before 16.0.8, all versions starting from 16.1 before 16.1.3, all versions starting from 16.2…

PriorityP335medium6.5CVSS 3.1

AVNACLPRLUINSUCNIHAN

EPSS

0.50%

38.9th percentile

An issue has been discovered in GitLab affecting all versions before 16.0.8, all versions starting from 16.1 before 16.1.3, all versions starting from 16.2 before 16.2.2. The main branch of a repository with a specially designed name allows an attacker to create repositories with malicious code.

Affected

8 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
debian	gitlab	< gitlab 16.0.8+ds1-1 (sid)	gitlab 16.0.8+ds1-1 (sid)
gitlab	gitlab	< 16.0.8	16.0.8
gitlab	gitlab	—	—
gitlab	gitlab	>= 16.1 < 16.1.3	16.1.3
gitlab	gitlab	>= 16.1.0 < 16.1.3	16.1.3
gitlab	gitlab	>= 16.2 < 16.2.2	16.2.2
gitlab	gitlab	>= 16.2.0 < 16.2.2	16.2.2
matrix-org	matrix-js-sdk	>= 0 < 24.1.0	24.1.0

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.16.5MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

osv6.5MEDIUM

vendor_debian4.8MEDIUM

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