CVE-2023-3441 Exposure of Sensitive Information Due to Incompatible Policies in GitLab
GitLab fails to adequately warn users about security risks when granting merge rights to protected branches, potentially exposing sensitive information.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2023-3441?
CVE-2023-3441 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Gitlab Gitlab, published on 1 Oct 2024. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Official description
An issue has been discovered in GitLab EE/CE affecting all versions starting from 8.0 before 16.4. The product did not sufficiently warn about security implications of granting merge rights to protected branches.
Weakness: CWE-213
Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-3441?
1 open source package ship an affected version, including gitlab. It affects 1 product.
| Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
gitlab Bitnami | From 8.0.0 | 16.4.0 |
Products include Gitlab Gitlab.
How do I fix CVE-2023-3441?
Upgrade gitlab to 16.4.0 or later.
Is CVE-2023-3441 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2023-3441 exists.
Other vulnerabilities in Gitlab Gitlab
- CVE-2026-97229 GitLab Community Edition and Enterprise Edition Integer Overflow or Wraparound
- CVE-2026-85706 GitLab Community Edition and Enterprise Edition Path Traversal
- CVE-2023-7028 GitLab Community and Enterprise Editions Improper Access Control
- CVE-2021-22205 GitLab Community and Enterprise Editions Remote Code Execution
- CVE-2021-39935 GitLab Community and Enterprise Editions Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF)
Sources
Also known as BIT-gitlab-2023-3441, GHSA-j2mx-xc3v-gw3q, UBUNTU-CVE-2023-3441.