CVE-2023-6680 is an improper certificate validation vulnerability in GitLab EE's experimental Smartcard authentication feature, affecting versions prior to 16.4.4, 16.5.4, and 16.6.2. This high-severity vulnerability (CVSS 8.1) allows an unauthenticated attacker to impersonate another user if they possess that user's public key, given the feature is manually enabled. While there is no known active exploitation or public exploit code, the vulnerability has garnered some community discussion and media coverage, indicating a degree of awareness.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 11.6, < 16.4.4CPE match | cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 16.5, < 16.5.4CPE match | cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 16.6, < 16.6.2CPE match | cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 11.6, < 16.4.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:* | ||
>= 16.5, < 16.5.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
No social media mentions found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 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.