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CVE-2023-3385

19
FAUCET Score

CVE-2023-3385 is a path traversal vulnerability in GitLab, affecting versions prior to 16.0.8, 16.1.3, and 16.2.2. This flaw allows an authenticated user to read arbitrary files on the server by importing a specially crafted project export, stemming from a bug in the underlying 'tar' utility. With a CVSS score of 6.5 (Medium), it has a low attack complexity and requires low privileges, leading to high confidentiality impact. There is currently no public exploit code available, nor is it known to be actively exploited, with minimal community discussion and media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 8.10, < 16.0.8CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:community:*:*:*
>= 8.10, < 16.0.8CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:*
>= 16.1, < 16.1.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:community:*:*:*
>= 16.1, < 16.1.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:*
>= 16.2, < 16.2.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:community:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

6.3MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
4.0
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.73%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
50.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0073 is in the 61st percentile among its peer group of 21,974 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2023-3385Moderate

gitlab: tar utility causes importing a project access to read unauthorized files

Aug 2, 2023

References

gitlab.com / gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/416161
Broken Link
hackerone.com / reports/2032730
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