CVE-2023-6159

Exploitation

Assessed, none found. CISA's assessment recorded neither public exploit code nor evidence of exploitation when it was made.

SSVC decision

• ExploitationnoneCISA recorded no public exploit code and no evidence of exploitation.
• 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

0.98% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 62.1% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

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

NVD CVSS vector

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

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.

Published

2024-01-26 02:02Z2 YR AGO

Last updated

2026-08-14 04:14Z2 MO AGO

Reserved

2023-11-15

Assigning CNA

GitLab

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Medium (CVSS 6.5)

CNA CVSS vector

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

Weaknesses

• CWE-1333Inefficient Regular Expression ComplexityBase

Data version

5.2

Document digest

5bae68b9d767b2f1aabe3757a35c9746755fddf7e2fee722f972f8670c4a6e34

• about.gitlab.comhttps://about.gitlab.com/releases/2024/01/25/critical-security-release-gitlab-16-8-1-released/
• gitlab.comGitLab Issue #431924https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/431924issue-trackingpermissions-required
• hackerone.comHackerOne Bug Bounty Report #2251278https://hackerone.com/reports/2251278technical-descriptionexploitpermissions-requiredbroken-link