CVE-2023-0223 is a medium-severity vulnerability in GitLab versions 15.5 through 15.7.7, 15.8 through 15.8.3, and 15.9 through 15.9.1. It allows non-project members to retrieve release descriptions via the API, even when release visibility is restricted to project members. The CVSS score of 5.3 indicates a low impact on confidentiality, with no integrity or availability impact, and it can be exploited remotely with low attack complexity. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or Metasploit/Nuclei modules, though it has received some community discussion and media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 15.5.0, < 15.7.8CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:community:*:*:* | ||
>= 15.5.0, < 15.7.8CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:* | ||
>= 15.8.0, < 15.8.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:community:*:*:* | ||
>= 15.8.0, < 15.8.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:* | ||
>= 15.9.0, < 15.9.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:community:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.