GitLab Community Edition/Enterprise Edition Installation data authenticity

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in GitLab Community Edition and Enterprise Edition. It has been declared as problematic. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component Installation Handler. Such manipulation leads to data authenticity. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2023-1178. The attack may be launched remotely. There is no exploit available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in GitLab Community Edition and Enterprise Edition (Bug Tracking Software) (version now known). Affected by this issue is some unknown processing of the component Installation Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a data authenticity vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-345. The product does not sufficiently verify the origin or authenticity of data, in a way that causes it to accept invalid data. Impacted is integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

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 are pulled from a tag or from a release containing a ref to another commit.

The weakness was shared 05/04/2023 as 381815. The advisory is available at gitlab.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2023-1178 since 03/04/2023. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2023-23458). If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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CVSSv4info

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.1
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.1

VulDB Base Score: 4.6
VulDB Temp Score: 4.4
VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

CNA Base Score: 5.7
CNA Vector (GitLab Inc.): 🔍

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Data authenticity
CWE: CWE-345
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ATT&CK: 🔍

Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Timelineinfo

03/04/2023 🔍
05/04/2023 +60 days 🔍
05/04/2023 +0 days 🔍
08/11/2025 +830 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: gitlab.com

Advisory: 381815
Status: Confirmed
Confirmation: 🔍

CVE: CVE-2023-1178 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2023-1178
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-227954
EUVD: 🔍

Entryinfo

Created: 05/04/2023 07:47
Updated: 08/11/2025 05:00
Changes: 05/04/2023 07:47 (50), 08/11/2025 05:00 (16)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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