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Medium · 5.3 Public exploit CVE-2023-5612 EUVD-2023-57905GHSA-g884-f5hg-pgw8

Missing Authorization in GitLab

Published Jan 26, 2024 · Updated Aug 14, 2026 · Assigned by GitLab

Vendor: GitLab Product: GitLab Package: gitlab Category: Web / CMS Ecosystem: Ubuntu

Description

An issue has been discovered in GitLab affecting all versions before 16.6.6, 16.7 prior to 16.7.4, and 16.8 prior to 16.8.1. It was possible to read the user email address via tags feed although the visibility in the user profile has been disabled.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
GitLab GitLab < 16.6.6, 16.7 – < 16.7.4, 16.8 – < 16.8.1 16.6.6

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

Ubuntu

Security tracker ↗
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS gitlab No fix yet —

Public exploits

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Metasploit 1 module

GitHub 2 repositories

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Advisories 1

References