CVE-2023-3949 MEDIUM

CVE-2023-3949: Insertion of Sensitive Information Into Sent Data in GitLab

Vendor Gitlab
Product GitLab
Weakness CWE-201
Published December 1, 2023
Last update November 20, 2025

CVSS base score

5.3/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Confidentiality Low
Integrity None

CVSS vector

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

What the vulnerability does

01Description

An issue has been discovered in GitLab affecting all versions starting from 11.3 before 16.4.3, all versions starting from 16.5 before 16.5.3, all versions starting from 16.6 before 16.6.1. It was possible for unauthorized users to view a public projects' release descriptions via an atom endpoint when release access on the public was set to only project members.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

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