Vulnerability · Published May 26, 2023 · Assigned by GitLab
CVE-2023-2825
Critical 10.0
In plain English
A critical-severity path traversal in GitLab from GitLab. Proof-of-concept exploit code is public. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 71.6% (higher than 99.4% of all known vulnerabilities). Ready-made attack tooling exists: Metasploit, Nuclei, public proof-of-concept code.
Severity (CVSS 3.1)10.0Critical
Exploit odds (30 days)71.6%top 0.6% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: poc
Attack tooling3Metasploit, Nuclei, Public PoC
Official description
An issue has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting only version 16.0.0. An unauthenticated malicious user can use a path traversal vulnerability to read arbitrary files on the server when an attachment exists in a public project nested within at least five groups.
Affected products (as reported)
Weakness: CWE-22 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N