CVE-2023-3385
Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') in GitLab
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 6.3 Medium
- Published
- Aug 1, 2023
- Updated
- Nov 20, 2025
- Reserved
- Jun 23, 2023
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).
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 6.3 Medium | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N | GitLab |
Weaknesses
- CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
GitLabGitLab |
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References
- GitLab Issue #416161issue-tracking
- HackerOne Bug Bounty Report #2032730technical-descriptionexploitpermissions-required
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