01 Record
CVE-2023-5226
Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection') in GitLab
MediumPUBLISHEDCNA: GitLab
CNA base score4.8 CVSS v3.xCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
02 Description
Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection') in GitLab
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 0.54% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 45.5% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 7.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
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.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2023-12-01 07:01Z2 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2026-08-14 04:13Z2 MO AGO
- Reserved
- 2023-09-27
- Assigning CNA
- GitLab
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Medium (CVSS 4.8)
- CNA CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-94Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')Base
- Data version
- 5.2
- Document digest
- d28cba8a6f5cd6b28d68ab84a1d44a59da0a1d35c7875f9d763136e498b863c0
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- gitlab.comGitLab Issue #426400https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/426400
- hackerone.comHackerOne Bug Bounty Report #2173053https://hackerone.com/reports/2173053
07 Remediation
Upgrade to versions 16.4.3, 16.5.3, 16.6.1 or above.
08 Fixed in
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- gitlab No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.