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CVE-2023-2013

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.7% 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-1021

Description

An issue has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions starting from 1.2 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 issue was found that allows someone to abuse a discrepancy between the Web application display and the git command line interface to social engineer victims into cloning non-trusted code.

Affected products

• GitLab: from 1.2.0 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-2023-2013.json
• https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/406844
• https://hackerone.com/reports/1940441
• https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2023/CVE-2023-2013.json
• https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/406844
• https://hackerone.com/reports/1940441
• https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/406844

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