CVE-2023-3385 MEDIUM

CVE-2023-3385: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') in GitLab

Vendor Gitlab
Product GitLab
Weakness CWE-22 · Path traversal
Published August 1, 2023
Last update November 20, 2025
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CVSS base score

6.3/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity High
Privileges required Low
User interaction None
Confidentiality High
Integrity None

CVSS vector

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

What the vulnerability does

01Description

An issue has been discovered in GitLab affecting all versions starting from 8.10 before 16.0.8, all versions starting from 16.1 before 16.1.3, all versions starting from 16.2 before 16.2.2. Under specific circumstances, a user importing a project 'from export' could access and read unrelated files via uploading a specially crafted file. This was due to a bug in `tar`, fixed in [`tar-1.35`](https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/info-gnu/2023-07/msg00005.html).

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

August 1, 2023 CVE published
November 20, 2025 Record updated