CVE-2023-2589

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.3 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.4% 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-346

Description

An issue has been discovered in GitLab EE affecting all versions starting from 12.0 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 can clone a repository from a public project, from a disallowed IP, even after the top-level group has enabled IP restrictions on the group.

Affected products

GitLab: from 12.0.0 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-2023-2589.json
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/407891
https://hackerone.com/reports/1941803
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2023/CVE-2023-2589.json
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/407891
https://hackerone.com/reports/1941803
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/407891

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