GitLab::API::v4 through 0.26 does not verify TLS certificates when connecting to a GitLab…
Priority LOW 27CWE-295Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- High
- Impact type
- Spoofing
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · None · None
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-295.
Summary
GitLab::API::v4 through 0.26 does not verify TLS certificates when connecting to a GitLab server, enabling machine-in-the-middle attacks.
Why it matters now
Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00651 51st percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- 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
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | all versions | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2023-31485
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-c2v8-3552-rp4m
- 2026-10-14 EPSS moved to the 50th–90th percentile
References
Patch 4
- https://blog.hackeriet.no/perl-http-tiny-insecure-tls-default-affects-cpan-modules/
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/04/18/14
- [oss-security] 20230429 Re: Perl's HTTP::Tiny has insecure TLS cert default, affecting CPAN.pm and other modules
- [oss-security] 20230503 Re: Perl's HTTP::Tiny has insecure TLS cert default, affecting CPAN.pm and other modules
Other 4
- https://github.com/bluefeet/GitLab-API-v4/pull/57
- https://github.com/chansen/p5-http-tiny/pull/151
- [oss-security] 20230503 Re: Perl's HTTP::Tiny has insecure TLS cert default, affecting CPAN.pm and other modules
- [oss-security] 20230507 Re: Perl's HTTP::Tiny has insecure TLS cert default, affecting CPAN.pm and other modules
Sources
- CVE-2023-31485 · CVE Program
- CVE-2023-31485 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-c2v8-3552-rp4m · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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