CVE-2023-4002 MEDIUM

CVE-2023-4002: Insertion of Sensitive Information Into Sent Data in GitLab

Vendor Gitlab
Product GitLab
Weakness CWE-201
Published August 4, 2023
Last update June 2, 2026

CVSS base score

5.3/10
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:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

What the vulnerability does

01Description

An issue has been discovered in GitLab EE affecting all versions starting from 14.1 before 16.0.8, all versions starting from 16.1 before 16.1.3, all versions starting from 16.2 before 16.2.2. It was possible for EE-licensed users to link any security policy project by its ID to projects or groups the user has access to, potentially revealing the security projects's configured security policies.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

August 4, 2023 CVE published
June 2, 2026 Record updated