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CVE-2023-3385

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CVE-2023-3385

Published: Aug 1, 2023

Modified: Nov 20, 2025

PUBLISHED

CVSS v3.1

6.3

MEDIUM

Description

An issue has been discovered in GitLab affecting all versions starting from 8.10 before 16.0.8, all versions starting from 16.1 before 16.1.3, all versions starting from 16.2 before 16.2.2. Under specific circumstances, a user importing a project 'from export' could access and read unrelated files via uploading a specially crafted file. This was due to a bug in `tar`, fixed in [`tar-1.35`](https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/info-gnu/2023-07/msg00005.html).

VendorProductVersions

GitLab

GitLab

affected
8.10 - < 16.0.8
affected
16.1.0 - < 16.1.3
affected
16.2.0 - < 16.2.2

Weaknesses (CWE)

CVSS v3.1 Details

CVSS v3.1 Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

High

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Changed

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

None

Availability

None

References

GitLab Issue #416161
issue-tracking
HackerOne Bug Bounty Report #2032730
technical-description
exploit
permissions-required

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