What is CVE-2023-4018?

CVE-2023-4018 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Gitlab, classified under Direct Request (Forced Browsing). CVSS score: 4.3/10. Published 2023-09-01.

How severe is CVE-2023-4018?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.3 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Gitlab

CVE-2023-4018

An issue has been discovered in GitLab affecting all versions starting from 16.2 before 16.2.5, all versions starting from 16.3 before 16.3.1. Due to improper permission validation it was possible to create model experiments in public projects.

EPSS: 0.004 (32.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Gitlab — versions 16.3.0, 16.2, 16.3

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-425 — Direct Request (Forced Browsing)

References

GitLab Issue #420301 (issue-tracking, permissions-required, Broken Link)
HackerOne Bug Bounty Report #2083440 (Permissions Required, technical-description, permissions-required, exploit, broken-link)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-4018?: CVE-2023-4018 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Gitlab, classified under Direct Request (Forced Browsing). CVSS score: 4.3/10. Published 2023-09-01.
How severe is CVE-2023-4018?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.3 out of 10.