CVE-2023-4002
Insertion of Sensitive Information Into Sent Data in GitLab
CVSS Score
5.3
EPSS Score
0.1%
EPSS Percentile
18th
An issue has been discovered in GitLab EE affecting all versions starting from 14.1 before 16.0.8, all versions starting from 16.1 before 16.1.3, all versions starting from 16.2 before 16.2.2. It was possible for EE-licensed users to link any security policy project by its ID to projects or groups the user has access to, potentially revealing the security projects's configured security policies.
| CWE | CWE-201 |
| Vendor | gitlab |
| Product | gitlab |
| Ecosystems | |
| Industries | Technology |
| Published | Aug 4, 2023 |
| Last Updated | Apr 21, 2026 |
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CVSS v3 Breakdown
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
High
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Affected Versions
GitLab / GitLab
14.1 < 16.0.8 16.1.0 < 16.1.3 16.2.0 < 16.2.2
References
Credits
This vulnerability has been discovered internally by GitLab team member [bauerdominic](https://gitlab.com/bauerdominic)