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TI-2023-00716 Aliases CVE-2023-0756GHSA-7g4m-989q-fjvm

An issue has been discovered in GitLab affecting all versions before 15.9.6, all versions…

Priority HIGH 70Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
Required
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · High
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.

Summary

An issue has been discovered in GitLab affecting all versions before 15.9.6, all versions starting from 15.10 before 15.10.5, all versions starting from 15.11 before 15.11.1. The main branch of a repository with a specially crafted name allows an attacker to create repositories with malicious code, victims who clone or download these repositories will execute arbitrary code on their systems.

Why it matters now

Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.01008 63rd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed GitLab (GitLab): 15.9.6, 15.10.5, 15.11.1

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
Poc
Automatable
No
Technical impact
Total

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
GitLabGitLabbefore 15.9.6; 15.10 to before 15.10.5; 15.11 to before 15.11.115.9.6, 15.10.5, 15.11.1Patch availableCNA
  • GitLab VendorGitLab Affected before 15.9.6; 15.10 to before 15.10.5; 15.11 to before 15.11.1 Fixed in 15.9.6, 15.10.5, 15.11.1 Patch available CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*before 15.9.6; 15.10 to before 15.10.5; 15.11 to before 15.11.1VulnerableGitLab
  • cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 15.9.6; 15.10 to before 15.10.5; 15.11 to before 15.11.1 Vulnerable ·GitLab

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA GitLab (GitLab) Fixed in 15.9.6, 15.10.5, 15.11.1

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2023-0756
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-7g4m-989q-fjvm

References

Advisory 1

Other 2

  • TI-2026-71508 Integer overflow in GitLab allows code execution on the server KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 10.0
  • TI-2026-58817 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') in GitLab KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 10.0
  • TI-2023-06425 Weak Password Recovery Mechanism for Forgotten Password in GitLab KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 10.0
  • TI-2021-05191 Code injection in GitLab KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 10.0
  • TI-2021-05161 Server-side request forgery in GitLab KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2022-02763 Injection in GitLab CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.9
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Sources

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