CVE-2023-2825 | An issue has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting only … | CVSS 10.0 CRITICAL

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.

Metadata

CVE ID: CVE-2023-2825
State: PUBLISHED
Assigner: GitLab
Reserved: 2023-05-20 00:00 UTC
Published: 2023-05-26 00:00 UTC
Last updated: 2025-01-15 15:45 UTC
Primary CWE: CWE-22
CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Dir…
Vendor / Product: GitLab / GitLab
Sources: cve.org · NVD

Severity & Metrics

10.0 CRITICAL CVSS 3.1

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N

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Exploitation: PoC
Automatable: yes
Tech. Impact: total

Affected products (1)

Vendor	Product	Platform	Versions
GitLab	GitLab	—	16.0.0

Weakness (CWE)

CWE	Source	Description
—	cna	Improper limitation of a pathname to a restricted directory ('path traversal') in GitLab
CWE-22	adp	CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

CVSS scores (1)

Score	Severity	Version	Source	Vector
10.0	CRITICAL	3.1	cna	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N

References (3)