CVE-2023-1178
Published: 03 May 2023
Summary
CVE-2023-1178 is a medium-severity Code Injection (CWE-94) vulnerability in Gitlab Gitlab. Its CVSS base score is 5.7 (Medium).
Operationally, ranked in the top 7.1% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
Deeper analysis
GitLab CE/EE contains a vulnerability in all versions from 8.6 before 15.9.6, all versions from 15.10 before 15.10.5, and all versions from 15.11 before 15.11.1. The flaw permits file integrity to be compromised when source code or installation packages are pulled from a tag or release that contains a reference to another commit, and it is tracked under CWE-94 with a CVSS 3.1 score of 5.7.
An authenticated attacker with low privileges can exploit the issue by creating or manipulating a tag or release that points to an alternate commit. Successful exploitation allows the attacker to cause users or automated processes that fetch the tagged content to receive altered files, affecting integrity while requiring user interaction and presenting no impact to confidentiality or availability.
Public references direct practitioners to GitLab's CVE record and associated issue tracker for patch information; fixes are included in the versions that remediate the affected release lines.
EPSS remains low and stable near 0.09 with no material post-disclosure rise.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2023-23458
Vulnerability details
An issue has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 8.6 before 15.9.6, all versions starting from 15.10 before 15.10.5, all versions starting from 15.11 before 15.11.1. File integrity may be compromised when source code or installation packages…
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are pulled from a tag or from a release containing a ref to another commit.
- CWE(s)
Related Threats
No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.
Affected Assets
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.
Makes persistent code injection into loaded programs impossible when the executable image itself resides on hardware-protected read-only media.
Dynamically generated code can be produced and executed inside the isolated chamber, preventing host compromise from code-injection payloads.
Validates inputs used in dynamic code generation to block injected directives.
Directly prevents execution of attacker-supplied code written into data memory regions.