Security Resilience

CVE-2023-0508

Gitlab 15.4.0 – 15.10.8

Published
07 June 2023
Modified
07 January 2025
Patch / advisory
CVSS Score v3.1 3.1
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Raw vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
EPSS Score 0.0076 54th percentile
Risk Priority 36 floored blend · peak EPSS

CVSS and EPSS are reproduced from their sources (NVD, FIRST EPSS). Risk Priority is our own derived reading, not an NVD score.

Summary

CVE-2023-0508 is a low-severity HTTP Request/Response Splitting (CWE-113) vulnerability in Gitlab Gitlab. Its CVSS base score is 3.1 (Low).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Protocol or Service Impersonation (T1001.003); ranked in the top 46% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Deeper analysis AI-assisted summary

Synthesised by an AI model from the NVD description and linked references — a reading aid, not an authoritative source.

An issue has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions starting from 15.4 before 15.10.8, all versions starting from 15.11 before 15.11.7, and all versions starting from 16.0 before 16.0.2. The vulnerability is an open redirection that can be triggered via HTTP response splitting in the NPM package API, corresponding to CWE-113. It carries a CVSS 3.1 score of 3.1 reflecting network attack vector, high attack complexity, no required privileges, and required user interaction.

An attacker without authentication can exploit the flaw by crafting a request to the NPM package API that causes a split response, resulting in redirection to an arbitrary destination. Successful exploitation yields limited integrity impact while leaving confidentiality and availability unaffected.

GitLab advisories and the associated issue tracker entries direct administrators to upgrade to the fixed releases 15.10.8, 15.11.7, or 16.0.2. The EPSS score remains flat at 0.0592 with no material increase after disclosure.

OWASP Top 10 for Web (2025)

EU & UK References

Vulnerability Data

An issue has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions starting from 15.4 before 15.10.8, all versions starting from 15.11 before 15.11.7, all versions starting from 16.0 before 16.0.2. Open redirection was possible via HTTP response splitting in the…

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NPM package API.

CWE(s)

Related Threats

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise Techniques

T1001.003 Protocol or Service Impersonation Command And Control
Adversaries may impersonate legitimate protocols or web service traffic to disguise command and control activity and thwart analysis efforts.
T1003.007 Proc Filesystem Credential Access
Adversaries may gather credentials from the proc filesystem or `/proc`.
T1006 Direct Volume Access Stealth
Adversaries may directly access a volume to bypass file access controls and file system monitoring.
T1018 Remote System Discovery Discovery
Adversaries may attempt to get a listing of other systems by IP address, hostname, or other logical identifier on a network that may be used for Lateral Movement from the current system.
T1021.002 SMB/Windows Admin Shares Lateral Movement
Adversaries may use [Valid Accounts](https://attack.
T1021.003 Distributed Component Object Model Lateral Movement
Adversaries may use [Valid Accounts](https://attack.
Derived from this CVE’s CWE(s) via the direct CWE→ATT&CK cross-walk.

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Affected Assets

gitlab
gitlab
15.4.0 — 15.10.8 · 15.4.0 — 15.10.8 · 15.11.0 — 15.11.7

Mitigating Controls

Control response

Prevent
Stop it (NIST 800-53)

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Detect
Catch it (NIST detect / respond)

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Harden
Shrink the surface (DISA STIG)

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Validate
Prove the fix (OWASP ASVS)
  • V3.4.2
  • V4.1.3
  • V1.3.6
  • V4.2.3

Mitigating Controls (NIST CSF 2.0) AI

Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→CSF cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.

PR.PS-06 partial match
blocks

Secure SDLC practices directly require input sanitization and header handling that prevent CRLF injection.

Mitigating Controls (ISO/IEC 27001:2022 Annex A) AI

Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→ISO cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.

blocks

A.8.25 mandates secure SDLC practices including secure coding guidelines, security requirements, checkpoints, testing (scans/penetration), and developer training that reach HTTP header sanitization and therefore stop most (but not all) instances of CRLF injection from reaching production; a bounded remainder exists in implementation gaps, outsourced development without full assurance, and post-deployment changes.

blocks

A.8.26 explicitly lists resilience against SQL injections and input validation as application security requirements (items d and j), which directly addresses improper neutralization of special sequences like CRLF in HTTP headers; however, this is only one slice of a broad requirements-identification control whose coverage of other injection vectors, output handling, and non-web contexts leaves a bounded remainder.

blocks

A.8.27 mandates security-by-design principles (including input distrust, data validation/sanitization, secure architecture layers, and design reviews against attack patterns) that reach HTTP header sanitization and would stop most CRLF splitting if applied; this is a minority slice of the weakness because the clause is a general process that depends on specific implementation rigor and does not itself neutralize sequences in every code path or library.

prevents

Secure coding standards require neutralization of CRLF sequences before inclusion in HTTP headers.

References