CVE-2023-4522 (GCVE-0-2023-4522)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-08-30 07:01 – Updated: 2025-11-20 04:09
VLAI?
Title
Improper Validation of Specified Type of Input in GitLab
Summary
An issue has been discovered in GitLab affecting all versions before 16.2.0. Committing directories containing LF character results in 500 errors when viewing the commit.
Severity ?
4.3 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
CWE
  • CWE-1287 - Improper Validation of Specified Type of Input
Assigner
References
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/406817 issue-tracking
https://hackerone.com/reports/1937213 technical-descriptionexploitpermissions-required
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
GitLab GitLab Affected: 0 , < 16.2.0 (semver)
    cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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Credits
Thanks [cryptopone](https://hackerone.com/cryptopone) for reporting this vulnerability through our HackerOne bug bounty program
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