CVE-2023-0756

highpriority · track · 32OT risk · elevatedEPSS 0.010 · 63 %ileDEEUUS

grimoire priorityP2 · Scheduled

Exploitable?

—

no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

1.01% (63rd) EPSS

CVSS 8 · high

Is it mine?

9 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

5 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · nvd · osv

EPSS · scored 2026-10-23

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.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

8.0

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 4.8–8

v3.18highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 2.1 · impact 5.9

v3.14.8mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:Nsecondary · ENISA EU

v3.14.8mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:Nsecondary · cve@gitlab.comexploitability 1.2 · impact 3.6

v3.17.3highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

ssvc

A stakeholder decision — act, attend, or track — from exploitation and impact.

Exploitation: poc · Automatable: no · Technical Impact: totalcoordinatorcisa_ssvcUS

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-862USLLM-inferredCWE-93USLLM-inferred

affected products (9)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

GitLab GitLab≤ <15.9.6enisa_euvdEU
GitLab GitLab15.10, → 15.10.5enisa_euvdEU
GitLab GitLab15.11, → 15.11.1enisa_euvdEU
gitlab gitlab< 15.9.6nvdUScpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gitlab gitlab15.10 → 15.10.5nvdUScpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gitlab gitlab15.11 → 15.11.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Bitnami gitlab< 15.9.6osvUSpkg:bitnami/gitlab
Bitnami gitlab15.10.0 → 15.10.5osvUSpkg:bitnami/gitlab
Bitnami gitlab15.11.0 → 15.11.1osvUSpkg:bitnami/gitlab

advisories (2)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

WID-SEC-W-2023-1130GitLab: Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2023-05-02csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein entfernter, authentisierter Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in GitLab ausnutzen, um seine Privilegien zu erweitern, Sicherheitsvorkehrungen zu umgehen, einen Cross Site Scripting Angriff durchzuführen und Informationen offenzulegen
BIT-gitlab-2023-07562024-03-06vendor · osvUS
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.

also known as (3)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd nvd osv cert_bund NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2023-05-03modified 2026-06-17

references (11)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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