CVE-2023-2001

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2023-06-07 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-290

Description

An issue has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions before 15.10.8, all versions starting from 15.11 before 15.11.7, all versions starting from 16.0 before 16.0.2. An attacker was able to spoof protected tags, which could potentially lead a victim to download malicious code.

Affected products

GitLab: before 15.10.8; from 15.11.0 before 15.11.7; from 16.0.0 before 16.0.2 — fixed in 15.10.8, 15.11.7, 16.0.2

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: GitLab 15.10.8, 15.11.7, 16.0.2. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2023/CVE-2023-2001.json
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/406764
https://hackerone.com/reports/1908423
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2023/CVE-2023-2001.json
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/406764
https://hackerone.com/reports/1908423
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/406764

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