CVE-2023-5332
Dependency on Vulnerable Third-Party Component in GitLab
HIGH
8.1
CVSS Score
Published: December 4, 2023 at 06:30 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 06:48 AM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsGitLabConsul
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Severity
HIGH8.1
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.9%
Description
Patch in third party library Consul requires 'enable-script-checks' to be set to False. This was required to enable a patch by the vendor. Without this setting the patch could be bypassed. This only affects GitLab-EE.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Affected range stops below 16.2.8, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 16.3.5, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 16.4.1, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 0.9.4, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 1.0.8, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 1.2.4, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (2)
Issue TrackingExploit
Source: [email protected]
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/omnibus-gitlab/-/issues/8171PatchVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://www.hashicorp.com/blog/protecting-consul-from-rce-risk-in-specific-configurationsCVSS
- Attack Vector
- NETWORK
- Complexity
- HIGH
- Privileges
- NONE
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- HIGH
- Integrity
- HIGH
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
NVD-CWE-noinfoCWE-1395
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