What is CVE-2013-4490?

CVE-2013-4490 is a vulnerability in Gitlab. Published 2014-05-13.

Is CVE-2013-4490 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Vulnerability in Gitlab

CVE-2013-4490

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.

EPSS: 0.421 (98.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

Gitlab — versions 5.0.0, 5.0.1, 5.1.0
Gitlab Gitlab-shell — versions 1.0.4, 1.1.0, 1.2.0
N/a — versions n/a

Public proof-of-concept exploits

rapid7/metasploit-framework

References

secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Patch, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2013-4490?: CVE-2013-4490 is a vulnerability in Gitlab. Published 2014-05-13.
Is CVE-2013-4490 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.