QID 379245

Date Published: 2024-01-12

QID 379245: GitLab EE/CE Command Execution Vulnerability (CVE-2023-5356)

GitLab Inc. is an open-core company that operates GitLab, a DevOps software package which can develop, secure, and operate software

CVE-2023-5356: Incorrect authorization checks in GitLab CE/EE allows a attacker/user to abuse Slack/Mattermost integrations to execute slash commands as another user.

Affected Versions:
GitLab CE/EE v8.13 before 16.5.6, v16.6 before 16.6.4

QID Detection Logic:(Authenticated)(Linux)
The QID fires gitlab-rake gitlab:env:info command to check vulnerable version of GitLab.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability allows a user to abuse Slack/Mattermost integrations to execute slash commands as another user.

CVSS V3 rated as Critical - 8.8 severity.

CVSS V2 rated as Medium - 5 severity.

Solution

The vendor has released a patch for this vulnerability. For more information, please visit GitLab Releases

Vendor References

CVE-2023-5356 - about.gitlab.com/releases/2024/01/11/critical-security-release-gitlab-16-7-2-released/

CVEs related to QID 379245

CVE-2023-5356 |

Software Advisories

Advisory ID	Software	Component	Link
CVE-2023-5356.			about.gitlab.com/releases/2024/01/11/critical-security-release-gitlab-16-7-2-released/

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