Cyber Resilience

CVE-2023-0042

Medium

Published: 12 January 2023

Published
12 January 2023
Modified
08 April 2025
KEV Added
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Patch
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CVSS Score v3.1 6.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
EPSS Score 0.0018 39.4th percentile
Risk Priority 12 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2023-0042 is a medium-severity Open Redirect (CWE-601) vulnerability in Gitlab Gitlab. Its CVSS base score is 6.1 (Medium).

Operationally, ranked at the 39.4th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

An issue has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions starting from 11.4 prior to 15.5.7, 15.6 prior to 15.6.4, and 15.7 prior to 15.7.2. GitLab Pages allows redirection to arbitrary protocols.

CWE(s)
CWE-601

Related Threats

No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.

Affected Assets

gitlab
gitlab
11.4.0 — 15.5.7 · 11.4.0 — 15.5.7 · 15.6.0 — 15.6.4

Mitigating Controls

Likely Mitigating Controls AI

Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.

AT-2 Literacy Training and Awareness
addresses: CWE-601

Security awareness includes verifying URLs and avoiding untrusted redirects that lead to malicious sites.

SI-10 Information Input Validation
addresses: CWE-601

Validates redirect targets and URLs to ensure they conform to allowed destinations.

References