Cyber Resilience

CVE-2023-5117

Low

Published: 25 December 2024

Published
25 December 2024
Modified
11 July 2025
KEV Added
Patch
CVSS Score v3.1 3.7 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
EPSS Score 0.0018 39.7th percentile
Risk Priority 8 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2023-5117 is a low-severity Exposure of Sensitive Information Due to Incompatible Policies (CWE-213) vulnerability in Gitlab Gitlab. Its CVSS base score is 3.7 (Low).

Operationally, ranked at the 39.7th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

An issue was discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions before 17.6.0 in which users were unaware that files uploaded to comments on confidential issues and epics of public projects could be accessed without authentication via a direct link to…

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the uploaded file URL.

CWE(s)

Related Threats

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

Affected Assets

gitlab
gitlab
≤ 17.6.0 · ≤ 17.6.0

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.

addresses: CWE-213

Marking hardware components with the permitted impact or classification level directly supports consistent policy enforcement, reducing the chance that sensitive data is processed on an incompatible component and thereby exposed.

addresses: CWE-213

Demands documented authority and policy alignment for PII processing, reducing exposure due to incompatible or absent policies.

addresses: CWE-213

Directly enforces purpose compatibility and policy alignment for PII processing, preventing exposure from incompatible policies.

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