CVE-2023-5117 (GCVE-0-2023-5117)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-12-25 14:46 – Updated: 2024-12-26 18:10
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
Exposure of Sensitive Information Due to Incompatible Policies in GitLab
Summary
An issue was discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions before 17.6.0 in which users were unaware that files uploaded to comments on confidential issues and epics of public projects could be accessed without authentication via a direct link to the uploaded file URL.
Severity
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2024-12-26 18:10 UTC
CWE
- CWE-213 - Exposure of Sensitive Information Due to Incompatible Policies
Assigner
References
1 reference
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/398250 | issue-trackingpermissions-required |
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