GitLab Community Edition/Enterprise Edition Helm Chart unrestricted upload

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as problematic has been reported in GitLab Community Edition and Enterprise Edition. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the component Helm Chart Handler. This manipulation causes unrestricted upload. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2023-0518. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in GitLab Community Edition and Enterprise Edition (Bug Tracking Software) (the affected version is unknown). Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code of the component Helm Chart Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a unrestricted upload vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-434. The product allows the attacker to upload or transfer files of dangerous types that can be automatically processed within the product's environment. As an impact it is known to affect availability. The summary by CVE is:

An issue has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions starting from 14.0 before 15.6.7, all versions starting from 15.7 before 15.7.6, all versions starting from 15.8 before 15.8.1. It was possible to trigger a DoS attack by uploading a malicious Helm chart.

The weakness was released 02/14/2023 as 383082. The advisory is shared at gitlab.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2023-0518 since 01/26/2023. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1608.002 for this issue.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2023-12564). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.4
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.3

VulDB Base Score: 4.3
VulDB Temp Score: 4.1
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NVD Base Score: 7.5
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CNA Base Score: 4.3
CNA Vector (GitLab Inc.): 🔍

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Unrestricted upload
CWE: CWE-434 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Timelineinfo

01/26/2023 🔍
02/14/2023 +19 days 🔍
02/14/2023 +0 days 🔍
07/09/2025 +876 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: gitlab.com

Advisory: 383082
Status: Confirmed
Confirmation: 🔍

CVE: CVE-2023-0518 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2023-0518
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-220861
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Entryinfo

Created: 02/14/2023 11:34
Updated: 07/09/2025 20:30
Changes: 02/14/2023 11:34 (50), 03/12/2023 13:00 (11), 07/09/2025 20:30 (16)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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