vulnerability

Gitlab Gitlab: CVE-2023-2442: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:N)
Published
Jun 7, 2023
Added
Apr 22, 2025
Modified
Mar 25, 2026

Description

An issue has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions starting from 15.11 before 15.11.7, all versions starting from 16.0 before 16.0.2. A specially crafted merge request could lead to a stored XSS on the client side which allows attackers to perform arbitrary actions on behalf of victims.

Solution

gitlab-gitlab-upgrade-latest
Title
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