{"id":"CVE-2013-4490","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2013-4490","generatedAt":"2026-11-05T07:06:39.443Z","title":"The SSH key upload feature (lib/gitlab_keys.rb) in gitlab-shell before 1.7.3, as used in GitLab 5.0 before 5.4.1 and 6.x before 6.2.3, allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in the public key.","description":"The SSH key upload feature (lib/gitlab_keys.rb) in gitlab-shell before 1.7.3, as used in GitLab 5.0 before 5.4.1 and 6.x before 6.2.3, allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in the public key.","published":"2014-05-13T15:55:04.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-16T23:57:19.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"secalert@redhat.com","cvss":{"version":"2.0","score":6.5,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P"},"cwe":[],"affected":["gitlab/gitlab","gitlab/gitlab-shell"],"epss":{"score":0.42139,"percentile":0.98698,"date":"2026-11-04","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":1,"verified":true,"firstPublished":"2014-08-19","source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[{"edbId":34362,"kind":"exploit","title":"Gitlab-shell - Code Execution (Metasploit)","url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/34362","sourceUrl":"https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb/-/blob/main/exploits/linux/remote/34362.rb","file":"exploits/linux/remote/34362.rb","published":"2014-08-19","added":"2014-08-19","updated":"2014-08-19","author":"Metasploit","type":"remote","platform":"linux","port":443,"verified":true,"codes":["CVE-2013-4490","OSVDB-99371"],"tags":"Metasploit Framework (MSF)","aliases":null,"applicationUrl":null,"screenshotUrl":null,"referenceUrl":null}]},"verdict":{"level":"urgent","text":"EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 42.1%, higher than 99% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://www.gitlab.com/2013/11/04/gitlab-ce-6-2-and-5-4-security-release/","tags":["Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"https://www.gitlab.com/2013/11/04/gitlab-ce-6-2-and-5-4-security-release/","tags":["Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-4490","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}