What is CVE-2023-6051?

CVE-2023-6051 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Gitlab, classified under Code Injection. CVSS score: 5.7/10. Published 2023-12-15.

How severe is CVE-2023-6051?

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

Is CVE-2023-6051 known to be exploited?

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

RCE in Gitlab

CVE-2023-6051

An issue has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions before 16.4.4, all versions starting from 16.5 before 16.5.4, all versions starting from 16.6 before 16.6.2. File integrity may be compromised when source code or installation packages are pulled from a specific tag.

Vulnerability class: RCE (Remote Code Execution)

EPSS: 0.006 (46.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

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.

Affected products

Gitlab — versions 0, 16.5, 16.6

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-94 — Code Injection

Public proof-of-concept exploits

fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds

References

cve@gitlab.com (issue-tracking, Broken Link)
cve@gitlab.com (Permissions Required, technical-description, permissions-required, exploit)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-6051?: CVE-2023-6051 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Gitlab, classified under Code Injection. CVSS score: 5.7/10. Published 2023-12-15.
How severe is CVE-2023-6051?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.7 out of 10.
Is CVE-2023-6051 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.