BIT-gitlab-2023-6680

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    BIT-gitlab-2023-6680

    Published: 6 Mar 2024Last Modified: 10 Sept 2026
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    Summary: Improper Certificate Validation in GitLab

    Details: An improper certificate validation issue in Smartcard authentication in GitLab EE affecting all versions from 11.6 prior to 16.4.4, 16.5 prior to 16.5.4, and 16.6 prior to 16.6.2 allows an attacker to authenticate as another user given their public key if they use Smartcard authentication. Smartcard authentication is an experimental feature and has to be manually enabled by an administrator.

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: gitlab

    Purl: pkg:bitnami/gitlab

    Affected ranges

    Type: SEMVER

    Events:

    Introduced- 11.6.0
    Fixed -16.4.4

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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