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🛡️ CVE-2023-4522 on Ubuntu — gitlab

⚪ Unknown ✅ No Known Exploit OSV
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Description

An issue has been discovered in GitLab affecting all versions before 16.2.0. Committing directories containing LF character results in 500 errors when viewing the commit.

Distribution advisory

This page covers CVE-2023-4522 as tracked by Ubuntu, for the package gitlab. No fixed version has been recorded for this distribution yet.

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached over the network, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs low-level privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality none, integrity none, availability low.

CVSS metrics in full

The score comes from this vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

  • Attack vector: Network — reachable from anywhere that can route to the service.
  • Attack complexity: Low — the attack works reliably, with no preparation.
  • Privileges required: Low — an ordinary user account is enough.
  • User interaction: None — nobody has to be tricked into anything.
  • Scope: Unchanged — the damage stays inside the vulnerable component.
  • Confidentiality impact: None.
  • Integrity impact: None.
  • Availability impact: Low — limited, and the attacker does not choose what is affected.

Weakness class

UBUNTU-CVE-2023-4522 is classified as CWE-1287: Improper Validation of Specified Type of Input. The product receives input that is expected to be of a certain type, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input is actually of the expected type.

Affected software

UBUNTU-CVE-2023-4522 is recorded against 1 package.

  • gitlab

Timeline and source

Published on 30 August 2023 and last revised on 24 October 2025. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from OSV.

References

ubuntu.com (Report)
gitlab.com (Report)
hackerone.com (Report)
www.cve.org (Report)

Other advisories for this package

gitlab has other advisories on record. If you are patching this one, these are worth checking on the same host:

Same weakness in other software

These advisories are the same class of weakness (CWE-1287: Improper Validation of Specified Type of Input) in other software:

CVE-2023-4522 on other distributions

Each distribution ships its own build and its own fixed version. Pick the one you run:

Details

Severity Unknown
CVSS Score N/A
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
CWE N/A
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source OSV
Published 2023-08-30
Updated 2026-08-20
Modified 2025-10-24
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
gitlab — —

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