CVE-2023-2164

Exploitation

Public exploit code exists. CISA's assessment records a public proof of concept. That is not a report of exploitation in the wild.

SSVC decision

• ExploitationpocPublic proof-of-concept exploit code exists. Not a report of exploitation in the wild.
• AutomatablenoAt least one step from reconnaissance to exploitation cannot be reliably automated.
• Technical ImpactpartialSuccessful exploitation gives limited control of the vulnerable component.

CISA publishes the decision points, not a final SSVC decision. The decision also depends on mission and well-being impact, which is a property of your deployment rather than of the vulnerability.

EPSS probability

64.98% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 99.2% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

5.4 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

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

NVD analysis status

Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.

Red Hat severity

Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2023-08-01 23:36Z3 YR AGO

Last updated

2026-08-14 04:10Z21 DAYS AGO

Reserved

2023-04-18

Assigning CNA

GitLab

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Medium (CVSS 5.4)

CNA CVSS vector

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

Weaknesses

• CWE-79Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')Base

Data version

5.2

Document digest

1aad14e66e7cd7099bbfd6deb5bcabaebec6ba067b67148133e4e5086056cd95

• gitlab.comGitLab Issue #407783https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/407783issue-tracking
• hackerone.comHackerOne Bug Bounty Report #1940598https://hackerone.com/reports/1940598technical-descriptionexploitpermissions-requiredbroken-link