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CVE-2013-4582

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2020-01-28 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-829

Description

The (1) create_branch, (2) create_tag, (3) import_project, and (4) fork_project functions in lib/gitlab_projects.rb in GitLab 5.0 before 5.4.2, Community Edition before 6.2.4, Enterprise Edition before 6.2.1 and gitlab-shell before 1.7.8 allows remote authenticated users to include information from local files into the metadata of a Git repository via the web interface.

Affected products

• GitLab: from 5.0.0 before 5.4.2; from 6.0.0 before 6.2.1; from 6.0.0 before 6.2.4 — fixed in 5.4.2, 6.2.1, 6.2.4
• gitlab-shell: before 1.7.8 — fixed in 1.7.8

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: GitLab 5.4.2, 6.2.1, 6.2.4; gitlab-shell 1.7.8. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/11/15/4
• https://www.gitlab.com/2013/11/14/multiple-critical-vulnerabilities-in-gitlab/
• https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/11/18/4
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/11/15/4
• https://www.gitlab.com/2013/11/14/multiple-critical-vulnerabilities-in-gitlab/
• https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/11/18/4

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