CVE-2023-3401

mediumpriority · track · 26EPSS 0.006 · 47 %ileDEEUUS

grimoire priorityP3 · Track

Exploitable?

—

no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

0.58% (47th) EPSS

CVSS 6.5 · medium

Is it mine?

16 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

5 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · cert_bund · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-23

An issue has been discovered in GitLab affecting all versions before 16.0.8, all versions starting from 16.1 before 16.1.3, all versions starting from 16.2 before 16.2.2. The main branch of a repository with a specially designed name allows an attacker to create repositories with malicious code.

cvss

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

6.5

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode

v3.16.5mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:Nprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 2.8 · impact 3.6

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

v3.16mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N/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-94USprimary

affected products (16)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

Open Source GitLab <16.4.3all versionscert_bundDE
Open Source GitLab <16.5.3all versionscert_bundDE
Open Source GitLab <16.6.1all versionscert_bundDE
RESF Rocky Linuxall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:resf:rocky_linux:-
Open Source GitLab< 16.4.3cert_bundDE
Open Source GitLab< 16.5.3cert_bundDE
Open Source GitLab< 16.6.1cert_bundDE
GitLab GitLab0 → 16.0.8enisa_euvdEU
GitLab GitLab16.1.0 → 16.1.3enisa_euvdEU
GitLab GitLab16.2.0 → 16.2.2enisa_euvdEU
gitlab gitlab< 16.0.8nvdUScpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gitlab gitlab16.1 → 16.1.3nvdUScpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gitlab gitlab16.2 → 16.2.2nvdUScpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Bitnami gitlab< 16.0.8osvUSpkg:bitnami/gitlab
Bitnami gitlab16.1.0 → 16.1.3osvUSpkg:bitnami/gitlab
Bitnami gitlab16.2.0 → 16.2.2osvUSpkg:bitnami/gitlab

advisories (3)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

WID-SEC-W-2023-1945GitLab: Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2023-08-01csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein entfernter, anonymer Angreifer kann eine Schwachstelle in GitLab ausnutzen, um einen Denial-of-Service-Zustand zu verursachen, einen Cross-Site-Scripting-Angriff durchzuführen, vertrauliche Informationen preiszugeben, Dateien zu manipulieren oder beliebigen Code auszuführen.
WID-SEC-W-2023-3041GitLab: Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2023-11-30csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein entfernter Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in GitLab ausnutzen, um Sicherheitsmaßnahmen zu umgehen, einen Denial-of-Service-Zustand herbeizuführen, vertrauliche Informationen offenzulegen, Dateien zu manipulieren, seine Berechtigungen zu erweitern oder XSS-Angriffe durchzuführen.
BIT-gitlab-2023-3401Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection') in GitLab2024-03-06vendor · osvUS
An issue has been discovered in GitLab affecting all versions before 16.0.8, all versions starting from 16.1 before 16.1.3, all versions starting from 16.2 before 16.2.2. The main branch of a repository with a specially designed name allows an attacker to create repositories with malicious code.

also known as (3)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd cert_bund nvd osv NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2023-08-02modified 2026-06-17

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references (8)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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