CVE-2023-5831 (GCVE-0-2023-5831)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-11-06 10:30 – Updated: 2026-10-11 04:16
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
Insertion of Sensitive Information Into Sent Data in GitLab
Summary
An issue has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions starting from 16.0 before 16.3.6, all versions starting from 16.4 before 16.4.2, and all versions starting from 16.5.0 before 16.5.1 which have the `super_sidebar_logged_out` feature flag enabled. Affected versions with this default-disabled feature flag enabled may unintentionally disclose GitLab version metadata to unauthorized actors.
Severity
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: yes
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2024-08-29 20:48 UTC
CWE
- CWE-201 - Insertion of Sensitive Information Into Sent Data
Assigner
References
1 reference
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/428919 | issue-tracking |
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