What is CVE-2023-4002?

CVE-2023-4002 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Gitlab, classified under Insertion of Sensitive Information into Sent Data. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2023-08-04.

How severe is CVE-2023-4002?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.

Is CVE-2023-4002 known to be exploited?

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

Vulnerability in Gitlab

CVE-2023-4002

An issue has been discovered in GitLab EE affecting all versions starting from 14.1 before 16.0.8, all versions starting from 16.1 before 16.1.3, all versions starting from 16.2 before 16.2.2. It was possible for EE-licensed users to link any security policy project by its ID to projects or groups the user has access to, potentially revealing the security projects's configured security policies.

EPSS: 0.005 (39.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Gitlab — versions 14.1, 16.1.0, 16.2.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-201 — Insertion of Sensitive Information into Sent Data

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

cve@gitlab.com (issue-tracking, permissions-required, Broken Link)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-4002?: CVE-2023-4002 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Gitlab, classified under Insertion of Sensitive Information into Sent Data. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2023-08-04.
How severe is CVE-2023-4002?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.
Is CVE-2023-4002 known to be exploited?: 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.