CVE-2023-2825

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 71.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2023-05-26 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-22

Description

An issue has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting only version 16.0.0. An unauthenticated malicious user can use a path traversal vulnerability to read arbitrary files on the server when an attachment exists in a public project nested within at least five groups.

Affected products

GitLab: 16.0.0

References

https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2023/CVE-2023-2825.json
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/412371
https://hackerone.com/reports/1994725
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2023/CVE-2023-2825.json
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/412371
https://hackerone.com/reports/1994725

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