CVE-2023-3401

Description

An issue has been discovered in GitLab affecting all versions before 16.0.8, all versions starting from 16.1 before 16.1.3, all versions starting from 16.2 before 16.2.2. The main branch of a repository with a specially designed name allows an attacker to create repositories with malicious code.

Reserved 2023-06-26 | Published 2023-08-02 | Updated 2024-09-18 | Assigner GitLab

Problem types

CWE-94: Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')

Product status

Default status
unaffected

Any version before 16.0.8
affected

16.1.0 before 16.1.3
affected

16.2.0 before 16.2.2
affected

Credits

Thanks [st4nly0n](https://hackerone.com/st4nly0n) for reporting this vulnerability through our HackerOne bug bounty program finder

References

gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/416252 (GitLab Issue #416252) issue-tracking

hackerone.com/reports/2031845 (HackerOne Bug Bounty Report #2031845) technical-description exploit permissions-required

cve.org (CVE-2023-3401)

nvd.nist.gov (CVE-2023-3401)

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