Insertion of Sensitive Information Into Sent Data in GitLab
Priority MEDIUM 56CWE-201Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Information disclosure
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Low · None · None
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-201.
Summary
An issue has been discovered in GitLab DAST scanner affecting all versions starting from 3.0.29 before 4.0.5, in which the DAST scanner leak cross site cookies on redirect during authorization.
Why it matters now
Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00522 44th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 2 exploit referencesTagged by NVD and the CNA
Fix Fixed GitLab (GitLab): 4.0.5
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- Poc
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
- Fix · CNA GitLab (GitLab) Fixed in 4.0.5
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2023-1401
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-cjjr-h37f-5xw7
References
More Gitlab vulnerabilities
- 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
Sources
- CVE-2023-1401 · CVE Program
- CVE-2023-1401 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-cjjr-h37f-5xw7 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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