CVE-2023-4378 Insertion of Sensitive Information Into Sent Data in GitLab

Medium 5.5 Published Updated

A malicious Maintainer can leak the Sentry token by modifying the configured URL in error tracking settings, exposing sensitive credentials.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
An administrator
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
Available

What is CVE-2023-4378?

CVE-2023-4378 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Gitlab Gitlab, published on 1 Sep 2023. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.

Official description

An issue has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions starting from 11.8 before 16.1.5, all versions starting from 16.2 before 16.2.5, all versions starting from 16.3 before 16.3.1. A malicious Maintainer can, under specific circumstances, leak the sentry token by changing the configured URL in the Sentry error tracking settings page. This was as a result of an incomplete fix for CVE-2022-4365.

Weakness: CWE-201

Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-4378?

1 open source package ship an affected version, including gitlab. It affects 1 product.

PackageAffectedFixed in
gitlab BitnamiFrom 11.8.016.1.5, 16.2.5, 16.3.1

Products include Gitlab Gitlab.

How do I fix CVE-2023-4378?

Upgrade gitlab to a fixed version for your release line: 16.1.5, 16.2.5 or 16.3.1.

Is CVE-2023-4378 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2023-4378 exists.

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Sources

Also known as BIT-gitlab-2023-4378, GHSA-mp7g-3r25-fq9v, UBUNTU-CVE-2023-4378.

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