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medium 5.3

CVE-2023-5612 json

Missing Authorization in GitLab

published 2y ago modified 2mo ago also BIT-gitlab-2023-5612 , EUVD-2023-57905

cvss
5.3
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
4.9%
EPSS 4.9% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 92%
public exploits
1
Metasploit

Summary

An issue has been discovered in GitLab affecting all versions before 16.6.6, 16.7 prior to 16.7.4, and 16.8 prior to 16.8.1. It was possible to read the user email address via tags feed although the visibility in the user profile has been disabled.

Patch / fix

  • bitnami gitlab 16.6.6, 16.7.4, 16.8.1
  • GitLab GitLab 16.6.6, 16.7.4, 16.8.1

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Timeline

  1. First public exploit (Metasploit auxiliary/gather/gitlab_tags_rss_feed_email_disclosure)
  2. Published

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
yes
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
2y ago

Exploit prediction

4.87% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 92% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-14).

Exploits and checks

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 5.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
NVD 3.1 5.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
OSV 3.1 5.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
bitnami gitlab
<16.6.6
>=16.7.0, <16.7.4
>=16.8.0, <16.8.1
16.6.6
16.7.4
16.8.1

Affected products

  • GitLab GitLab

Classification

Weakness
Technology feeds

References

Sources

Fencer Intel keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.

CPEs and fixed versions use Anchore's correction of NVD's data: Enhance with deb and rpm package type records.