CVE-2023-0450 is a medium-severity vulnerability affecting GitLab versions 8.1 through 15.8.5, 15.9 through 15.9.4, and 15.10 through 15.10.1. This flaw allows an authenticated attacker to create a branch with an ambiguous name, enabling social engineering attacks. With a CVSS score of 4.6, the vulnerability requires user interaction and could lead to low impact on confidentiality and integrity. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 8.1.0, < 15.8.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:community:*:*:* | ||
>= 8.1.0, < 15.8.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:* | ||
>= 15.9.0, < 15.9.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:community:*:*:* | ||
>= 15.9.0, < 15.9.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:* | ||
15.10.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:15.10.0:*:*:*:community:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 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.