Vulnerability in Gitlab

CVE-2023-6680

An improper certificate validation issue in Smartcard authentication in GitLab EE affecting all versions from 11.6 prior to 16.4.4, 16.5 prior to 16.5.4, and 16.6 prior to 16.6.2 allows an attacker to authenticate as another user given their public key if they use Smartcard authentication. Smartcard authentication is an experimental feature and has to be manually enabled by an administrator.

Vulnerability class: Improper Certificate Validation

EPSS: 0.004 (30.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.4 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N.

Affected products

  • Gitlab — versions 11.6, 16.5, 16.6

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-6680?
CVE-2023-6680 is a high-severity vulnerability in Gitlab, classified under Improper Certificate Validation. CVSS score: 7.4/10. Published 2023-12-15.
How severe is CVE-2023-6680?
High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.4 out of 10.