CVE-2023-2825

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Published May 26, 2023 CVSS 3.1 · 10 Critical EPSS 71.6% KEV · Not listed

Description

An issue has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting only version 16.0.0. An unauthenticated malicious user can use a path traversal vulnerability to read arbitrary files on the server when an attachment exists in a public project nested within at least five groups.

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

GitLab

GitLab

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`16.0.0`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:16.0.0::::community:::
	cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:16.0.0::::enterprise:::

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Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

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Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: 71.6% (71.641% probability within 30 days)

Exploitation poc

Automatable yes

Technical Impact total

References

Link	Providers
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2023/CVE-2023-2825.json
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/412371
https://hackerone.com/reports/1994725

History

Jan 15, 2025 4:15 PM Scoring metrics updated View changes

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

Gitlab Gitlab

Weaknesses

CWE-22

Sources

CVE record Updated: Jan 15, 2025, 3:45 PM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: GitLab
Published: May 26, 2023, 12:00 AM
Updated: Jan 15, 2025, 3:45 PM
Reserved: May 20, 2023, 12:00 AM

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Vulnrichment Updated: Aug 2, 2024, 6:33 AM

Updated: Aug 2, 2024, 6:33 AM

NVD Updated: Jun 17, 2026, 5:53 AM

Status: Modified
Published: May 26, 2023, 9:15 PM
Modified: Jun 17, 2026, 5:53 AM

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Red Hat No data

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