CVE-2023-0989 MEDIUM

CVE-2023-0989: Improper Ownership Management in GitLab

Vendor Gitlab
Product GitLab
Weakness CWE-282
Published September 29, 2023
Last update November 20, 2025

CVSS base score

4.3/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required Low
User interaction None
Confidentiality Low
Integrity None

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

What the vulnerability does

01Description

An information disclosure issue in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions starting from 13.11 prior to 16.2.8, 16.3 prior to 16.3.5, and 16.4 prior to 16.4.1 allows an attacker to extract non-protected CI/CD variables by tricking a user to visit a fork with a malicious CI/CD configuration.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

September 29, 2023 CVE published
November 20, 2025 Record updated