CVE-2023-0756 is a critical vulnerability in GitLab affecting versions prior to 15.9.6, 15.10.5, and 15.11.1. An attacker can craft a repository name to embed malicious code, which then executes on a victim's system upon cloning or downloading the repository. This vulnerability carries a high CVSS score of 8.0, indicating a network-based attack with low complexity, requiring user interaction, and leading to high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While there is no known active exploitation or public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), it has garnered some community discussion and media coverage, suggesting awareness within the security community.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 15.9.6CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 15.10, < 15.10.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 15.11, < 15.11.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.