CVE-2023-6680 HIGH

CVE-2023-6680: Improper Certificate Validation in GitLab

Vendor Gitlab
Product GitLab
Weakness CWE-295
Published December 15, 2023
Last update June 6, 2026

CVSS base score

7.4/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity High
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Confidentiality High
Integrity High

CVSS vector

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

What the vulnerability does

01Description

An improper certificate validation issue in Smartcard authentication in GitLab EE affecting all versions from 11.6 prior to 16.4.4, 16.5 prior to 16.5.4, and 16.6 prior to 16.6.2 allows an attacker to authenticate as another user given their public key if they use Smartcard authentication. Smartcard authentication is an experimental feature and has to be manually enabled by an administrator.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

December 15, 2023 CVE published
June 6, 2026 Record updated