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CVE-2023-2825

Exploitation confirmed. First attested on 2026-08-02 by GCVE · kevintel, GCVE · shadowserver.

  • Published2023-05-26
  • WeaknessCWE-22

Am I affected?

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Description

An issue has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting only version 16.0.0. An unauthenticated malicious user can use a path traversal vulnerability to read arbitrary files on the server when an attachment exists in a public project nested within at least five groups.

Timeline

dates in UTC
  1. 2023-05-2621:15CVE publishedNVD
  2. 2026-08-02Listed as exploited by GCVEGCVE
  3. 2026-08-02Exploitation first reportedGCVE

Observed activity

isMalicious corpus · updated 2026-11-04 03:37 UTC
Indicators tagged with this CVE, per day0 indicators over 7 days
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  • Firewall list (EDL, text): https://api.ismalicious.com/edl/cve/CVE-2023-2825?format=txt
  • CSV export: https://api.ismalicious.com/edl/cve/CVE-2023-2825?format=csv
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Versions per branch

NVD · OSV
GitLab
BranchAffectedFixed in
16.0= 16.0.0no fix published
gitlab
BranchAffectedFixed in
16.0≥ 16.0.0, < 16.0.116.0.1

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

Products declared by the CNA1 product

As GitLab, the CNA that assigned this CVE, declared them in the CVE record; versions as written.

  • GitLab
    Affected
    • = 16.0.0no fix stated

Source: the CNA record (CVE Program), © The MITRE Corporation,CVE Terms of UseCVE recordupdated 2023-05-26

Distribution builds and vendor advisories

Packages from OSV.dev and products from the vendors' CSAF advisories.

version not verifiedVersions not verified: read as OSV.dev and the vendors publish them, not checked against each vendor's release list.

Packages

  • gitlabUbuntu:16.04:LTSall versions · no fixed version listed

Full record on NVD

Fix

No fix published by the sources we read yet. NVD record

Detection

read 2026-11-03 22:42 UTC
Nuclei template
available
ProjectDiscovery
Exploit-DB
no entry
Exploit-DB
Proof-of-concept repositories
7 repositories, unverifiedOccamsec/CVE-2023-2825Tornad0007/CVE-2023-2825-GitlabRubikcuv5/CVE-2023-2825caopengyan/CVE-2023-2825cc3305/CVE-2023-2825
PoC-in-GitHub
Metasploit modules
1 moduleauxiliary/gather/gitlab_authenticated_subgroups_file_readrank: normalModule metadata: Metasploit Framework, © Rapid7, Inc., BSD-3-Clause.
Metasploit Framework

Sources

Identifiers

Technical details

CVSS v3 Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Published
2023-05-26
Last Modified
2026-06-17
NVD status
Modified
GitHub Advisory
GHSA-x4jh-5c6x-h92v

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-2825?

An issue has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting only version 16.0.0. An unauthenticated malicious user can use a path traversal vulnerability to read arbitrary files on the server when an attachment exists in a public project nested within at least five groups.

Is CVE-2023-2825 actively exploited?

A proof-of-concept exploit exists for CVE-2023-2825, but active exploitation has not been confirmed at this time.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2023-2825?

CVE-2023-2825 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:H/I:N/A:N.

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