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CVE-2023-3385

Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') in GitLab

Published
Last modified
published
Not listed in CISA KEV
Fix
Fixed in 16.0.8, 16.1.3, 16.2.2
None on Exploit-DB, Metasploit or GitHub
  • Exploitation: poc
  • Automatable: no
  • Technical impact: partial

Summary

An issue has been discovered in GitLab affecting all versions starting from 8.10 before 16.0.8, all versions starting from 16.1 before 16.1.3, all versions starting from 16.2 before 16.2.2. Under specific circumstances, a user importing a project 'from export' could access and read unrelated files via uploading a specially crafted file. This was due to a bug in `tar`, fixed in `tar-1.35`.

Timeline

  1. CVE published
  2. CISA SSVC assessment

    Exploitation: poc · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial

  3. Record last updated

Affected versions

  • GitLab GitLab

    From 8.10 · fixed in 16.0.8; From 16.1.0 · fixed in 16.1.3; From 16.2.0 · fixed in 16.2.2

References 2

gitlab.com

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