GitLab 11.9 < 15.9.6 / 15.10 < 15.10.5 / 15.11 < 15.11.1 (CVE-2023-1265)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 197450

Synopsis

The version of GitLab installed on the remote host is affected by a vulnerability.

Description

The version of GitLab installed on the remote host is affected by a vulnerability, as follows:

- An issue has been discovered in GitLab affecting all versions starting from 11.9 before 15.9.6, all versions starting from 15.10 before 15.10.5, all versions starting from 15.11 before 15.11.1. The condition allows for a privileged attacker, under certain conditions, to obtain session tokens from all users of a GitLab instance. (CVE-2023-1265)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Upgrade to GitLab version 15.9.6, 15.10.5, 15.11.1 or later.

See Also

https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/394960

https://hackerone.com/reports/1888690

http://www.nessus.org/u?aa2d3440

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 197450

File Name: gitlab_cve-2023-1265.nasl

Version: 1.0

Type: combined

Agent: unix

Family: CGI abuses

Published: 5/17/2024

Updated: 5/17/2024

Configuration: Enable thorough checks

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.1

Temporal Score: 4.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:M/C:C/I:N/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-1265

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.5

Temporal Score: 3.9

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:gitlab:gitlab

Required KB Items: installed_sw/GitLab

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/3/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-1265