GitLab 14.4 < 15.3.5 / 15.4 < 15.4.4 / 15.5 < 15.5.2 Improper Authorization

medium Nessus Plugin ID 167261

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Synopsis

A source control application running on the remote web server is affected by an information disclosure vulnerability.

Description

According to its self-reported version, the instance of GitLab running on the remote web server is 14.4 prior to 15.3.5, 15.4 prior to 15.4.4, or 15.5 prior to 15.5.2. It is, therefore, affected by an information disclosure vulnerability allows an attacker to read variables set directly in a GitLab CI/CD configuration file they don't have access to.

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

Solution

Upgrade to GitLab version 15.3.5, 15.4.4, 15.5.2, or later.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?ba027fd9

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 167261

File Name: gitlab_CVE-2022-3793.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: combined

Agent: unix

Family: CGI abuses

Published: 11/10/2022

Updated: 12/8/2022

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 2.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Temporal Vector: E:U/RL:OF/RC:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-3793

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.3

Temporal Score: 4.6

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Temporal Vector: E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:gitlab:gitlab

Required KB Items: installed_sw/GitLab

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/2/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/2/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-3793

IAVA: 2022-A-0468-S