CVE-2023-2181

An issue has been discovered in GitLab affecting all versions before 15.9.8, 15.10.0 before 15.10.7, and 15.11.0 before 15.11.3. A malicious developer could use a git feature called refs/replace to smuggle content into a merge request which would not be visible during review in the UI.

Score

CVSS 3.1 6.5 Medium

Status

Modified - cve@gitlab.com

Published

2023-05-12

Last modified

2025-01-24

Affected products

• Gitlab (Gitlab)

References

• https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2023/CVE-2023-2181.json
• https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/407859
• https://hackerone.com/reports/1938185