Cyber Resilience

CVE-2023-46944

HighPublic PoC

Published: 28 November 2023

Published
28 November 2023
Modified
21 November 2024
KEV Added
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Patch
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CVSS Score v3.1 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0320 87.3th percentile
Risk Priority 18 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2023-46944 is a high-severity an unspecified weakness vulnerability in Gitkraken Gitlens. Its CVSS base score is 7.8 (High).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploitation for Client Execution (T1203); ranked in the top 12.7% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

An issue in GitKraken GitLens before v.14.0.0 allows an attacker to execute arbitrary code via a crafted file to the Visual Studio Codes workspace trust component.

CWE(s)
NVD-CWE-noinfo

Related Threats

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI

T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution Execution
Adversaries may exploit software vulnerabilities in client applications to execute code.
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T1211 Exploitation for Stealth Stealth
Adversaries may exploit vulnerabilities to evade detection by hiding activity, suppressing logging, or operating within trusted or unmonitored components.
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Why these techniques?

CVE-2023-46944 enables arbitrary code execution (T1203) via crafted Git local configuration in malicious repositories opened in VSCode with GitLens, bypassing Workspace Trust security boundary (T1211).

Affected Assets

gitkraken
gitlens
≤ 14.0.0

Mitigating Controls

No mitigating controls mapped yet. The per-CVE control annotator has not reached this CVE.

References