CVE-2023-3949 (GCVE-0-2023-3949)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2023-12-01 07:02
Modified
2025-05-22 04:07
CWE
  • CWE-201 - Insertion of Sensitive Information Into Sent Data
Summary
An issue has been discovered in GitLab affecting all versions starting from 11.3 before 16.4.3, all versions starting from 16.5 before 16.5.3, all versions starting from 16.6 before 16.6.1. It was possible for unauthorized users to view a public projects' release descriptions via an atom endpoint when release access on the public was set to only project members.
References
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/419664 issue-tracking
https://hackerone.com/reports/2079374 technical-description, exploit, permissions-required, broken-link
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
GitLab GitLab Version: 11.3   
Version: 16.5   
Version: 16.6   
    cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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