CVE-2023-5117: Exposure of Sensitive Information Due to Incompatible Policies in GitLab

3.7 CVSS

Description

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.

Classification

CVE ID: CVE-2023-5117

CVSS Base Severity: LOW

CVSS Base Score: 3.7

Affected Products

Vendor: GitLab

Product: GitLab

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

EPSS Score: 0.04% (probability of being exploited)

EPSS Percentile: 11.44% (scored less or equal to compared to others)

EPSS Date: 2025-02-03 (when was this score calculated)

References

https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/398250

Timeline