CVE-2023-4522

MEDIUM

GitLab < 16.2.0 - Denial of Service via Directory Names with LF Characters

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

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.

References (3)

Core 3
Core References
Permissions Required technical-description exploit permissions-required
https://hackerone.com/reports/1937213
Exploit issue-tracking permissions-required
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/406817

Scores

CVSS v3 4.3
EPSS 0.0094
EPSS Percentile 56.0%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

Details

CWE
CWE-1287
Status published
Products (2)
gitlab/gitlab < 16.2.0
GitLab/GitLab < 16.2.0
Published Aug 30, 2023
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026