CVE-2023-2825
An unauthenticated malicious user can use a path traversal vulnerability to read arbitrary files on the server when an attachment exists in a public project nested within at least five groups.
Does this matter?
EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 71.6%, higher than 99% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
Description
An issue has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting only version 16.0.0. An unauthenticated malicious user can use a path traversal vulnerability to read arbitrary files on the server when an attachment exists in a public project nested within at least five groups.
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- EPSS
- 71.64% probability · 99th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-22
- Affected
- gitlab/gitlab
- Source
- cve@gitlab.com
EPSS 71.6% since 3 November 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2023/CVE-2023-2825.jsonThird Party Advisory
- https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/412371Broken Link
- https://hackerone.com/reports/1994725Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory
- https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2023/CVE-2023-2825.jsonThird Party Advisory
- https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/412371Broken Link
- https://hackerone.com/reports/1994725Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.