What is CVE-2023-1708?

CVE-2023-1708 is a medium-severity vulnerability in GitLab, classified under Command Injection. CVSS score: 5.7/10. Published 2023-04-05.

How severe is CVE-2023-1708?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.7 out of 10.

RCE in GitLab

CVE-2023-1708

An issue was identified in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 1.0 prior to 15.8.5, 15.9 prior to 15.9.4, and 15.10 prior to 15.10.1 where non-printable characters gets copied from clipboard, allowing unexpected commands to be executed on victim machine.

Vulnerability class: Command Injection (OS Command Injection)

Published 2023-04-05 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.7 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.011 (64.7th percentile), scored 2026-10-05.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 65th percentile — 64.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.011 · newest: 0.011 · change: 0.000

Affected products

GitLab — versions >=1.0, <15.8.5, 15.10.0, >=15.9, <15.9.4

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/387185 (Broken Link)
hackerone.com/reports/1805604 (Permissions Required)
gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2023/CVE-2023-1708.json (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-1708?: CVE-2023-1708 is a medium-severity vulnerability in GitLab, classified under Command Injection. CVSS score: 5.7/10. Published 2023-04-05.
How severe is CVE-2023-1708?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.7 out of 10.