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Public proof of conceptFix available

CVE-2023-1733

A public proof of concept exists; no exploitation attested.

  • Published2023-04-05
  • Fixed in15.10.1 · 15.9.4 · 15.8.5
  • WeaknessCWE-400

Am I affected?

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Description

A denial of service condition exists in the Prometheus server bundled with GitLab affecting all versions from 11.10 to 15.8.5, 15.9 to 15.9.4 and 15.10 to 15.10.1.

Timeline

dates in UTC
  1. 2023-04-0520:15CVE publishedNVD

Observed activity

isMalicious corpus · updated 2026-10-23 21:37 UTC
Indicators tagged with this CVE, per day0 indicators over 7 days
Block these indicators
  • Firewall list (EDL, text): https://api.ismalicious.com/edl/cve/CVE-2023-1733?format=txt
  • CSV export: https://api.ismalicious.com/edl/cve/CVE-2023-1733?format=csv
  • TAXII collection of exploited CVEs
  • The EDL and CSV take an API key on the Pro plan.

Versions per branch

OSV · NVD
GitLab
BranchAffectedFixed in
15.10≥ 15.10.0, < 15.10.115.10.1
15.9≥ 15.9.0, < 15.9.415.9.4
15.8≥ 11.10.0, < 15.8.515.8.5
15.10= 15.10.0no fix published

as publishedRanges as NVD and OSV publish them; a distribution’s build can be fixed under an older number.

Fix

  1. Update GitLab to 15.10.1 · 15.9.4 · 15.8.5

Advisories and patches

Detection

Nuclei template
none so far
ProjectDiscovery
Exploit-DB
no entry
Exploit-DB
Proof-of-concept repositories
none listed
PoC-in-GitHub

Sources

  • CISA-ADPSSVC decisionpoc2025-02-10
  • OpenCVESSVC decisionpoc—
  • CNACVSS 3.15.8read 2026-10-23
  • NVDCVSS 3.17.5read 2026-10-23
  • CISA-ADPweakness (CWE)CWE-4002025-02-10
  • FIRST EPSSEPSS score1.2 %2026-10-23
  • OSVaffected packages—

Technical details

CVSS v3 Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Published
2023-04-05
Last Modified
2026-06-17
NVD status
Modified

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-1733?

A denial of service condition exists in the Prometheus server bundled with GitLab affecting all versions from 11.10 to 15.8.5, 15.9 to 15.9.4 and 15.10 to 15.10.1.

Is CVE-2023-1733 actively exploited?

A proof-of-concept exploit exists for CVE-2023-1733, but active exploitation has not been confirmed at this time.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2023-1733?

CVE-2023-1733 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.5 (HIGH severity), with vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

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