CVE-2023-7045: Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) in GitLab

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.1 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2024-05-23 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-352

Description

A CSRF vulnerability exists within GitLab CE/EE from versions 13.11 before 16.10.6, from 16.11 before 16.11.3, from 17.0 before 17.0.1. By leveraging this vulnerability, an attacker could exfiltrate anti-CSRF tokens via the Kubernetes Agent Server (KAS).

Affected products

GitLab: from 13.11.0 before 16.10.6; from 16.11.0 before 16.11.3; 17.0.0 — fixed in 16.10.6, 16.11.3

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: GitLab 16.10.6, 16.11.3. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/436358
https://hackerone.com/reports/2286823
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/436358
https://hackerone.com/reports/2286823

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