An issue has been discovered in GitLab affecting all versions starting from 10.0 before 16.1.5, all versions starting from 16.2 before 16.2.5, all versions starting from 16.3 before 16.3.1. Due to improper permission validation it was possible to edit labels description by an unauthorised user.

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

  - An issue has been discovered in GitLab affecting all versions starting from 10.0 before 16.1.5, all     versions starting from 16.2 before 16.2.5, all versions starting from 16.3 before 16.3.1. Due to improper     permission validation it was possible to edit labels description by an unauthorised user. (CVE-2023-0120)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

The version of FreeBSD installed on the remote host is prior to tested version. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the aaea7b7c-4887-11ee-b164-001b217b3468 advisory.

  - An issue has been discovered in GitLab EE affecting all versions starting from 13.12 before 16.1.5, all     versions starting from 16.2 before 16.2.5, all versions starting from 16.3 before 16.3.1 in which a     project member can leak credentials stored in site profile. (CVE-2022-4343)

  - An issue has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions starting from 10.0 before 16.1.5, all     versions starting from 16.2 before 16.2.5, all versions starting from 16.3 before 16.3.1. Due to improper     permission validation it was possible to edit labels description by an unauthorised user. (CVE-2023-0120)

  - An issue has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions starting from 4.1 before 16.1.5, all     versions starting from 16.2 before 16.2.5, all versions starting from 16.3 before 16.3.1 where it was     possible to create a URL that would redirect to a different project. (CVE-2023-1279)

  - An issue has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions starting from 15.2 before 16.1.5, all     versions starting from 16.2 before 16.2.5, all versions starting from 16.3 before 16.3.1. A namespace-     level banned user can access the API. (CVE-2023-1555)

  - An issue has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions starting from 15.11 before 16.1.5, all     versions starting from 16.2 before 16.2.5, all versions starting from 16.3 before 16.3.1. An authenticated     user could trigger a denial of service when importing or cloning malicious content. (CVE-2023-3205)

  - An issue has been discovered in GitLab EE affecting all versions starting from 16.1 before 16.1.5, all     versions starting from 16.2 before 16.2.5, all versions starting from 16.3 before 16.3.1. If an external     user is given an owner role on any group, that external user may escalate their privileges on the instance     by creating a service account in that group. This service account is not classified as external and may be     used to access internal projects. (CVE-2023-3915)

  - Gitlab reports: Privilege escalation of external user to internal access through group service account     Maintainer can leak sentry token by changing the configured URL (fix bypass) Google Cloud Logging private     key showed in plain text in GitLab UI leaking to other group owners Information disclosure via project     import endpoint Developer can leak DAST scanners Site Profile request headers and auth password Project     forking outside current group User is capable of creating Model experiment and updating existing run's     status in public project ReDoS in bulk import API Pagination for Branches and Tags can be skipped leading     to DoS Internal Open Redirection Due to Improper handling of ../ characters Subgroup Member With     Reporter Role Can Edit Group Labels Banned user can delete package registries (CVE-2023-3950,     CVE-2023-4378)

  - An issue has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions starting from 16.2 before 16.2.5, all     versions starting from 16.3 before 16.3.1. Due to improper permission validation it was possible to create     model experiments in public projects. (CVE-2023-4018)

  - An issue has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions starting from 10.6 before 16.1.5, all     versions starting from 16.2 before 16.2.5, all versions starting from 16.3 before 16.3.1 in which any user     can read limited information about any project's imports. (CVE-2023-4630)

  - An issue has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions starting from 13.3 before 16.1.5, all     versions starting from 16.2 before 16.2.5, all versions starting from 16.3 before 16.3.1. Due to improper     permission validation it was possible to fork a project outside of current group by an unauthorised user.
    (CVE-2023-4638)

  - An issue has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions starting from 15.3 before 16.1.5, all     versions starting from 16.2 before 16.2.5, all versions starting from 16.3 before 16.3.1 in which the     projects API pagination can be skipped, potentially leading to DoS on certain instances. (CVE-2023-4647)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The version of GitLab installed on the remote host is affected by a vulnerability, as follows:

  - An issue has been discovered in GitLab affecting all versions starting from 10.0 before 16.1.5, all     versions starting from 16.2 before 16.2.5, all versions starting from 16.3 before 16.3.1. Due to improper     permission validation it was possible to edit labels description by an unauthorised user. (CVE-2023-0120)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Type	Severity
259425	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2023-0120	Nessus	Misc.	Local	medium
180454	FreeBSD : Gitlab -- Vulnerabilities (aaea7b7c-4887-11ee-b164-001b217b3468)	Nessus	FreeBSD Local Security Checks	Local	high
180421	GitLab 10.0 < 16.1.5 / 16.2 < 16.2.5 / 16.3 < 16.3.1 (CVE-2023-0120)	Nessus	CGI abuses	Combined	medium

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CVE-2023-0120

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