CVE-2023-3385

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    CVE-2023-3385

    Published: 1 Aug 2023Last Modified: 11 Sept 2026

    Summary: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') in GitLab

    Details: An issue has been discovered in GitLab affecting all versions starting from 8.10 before 16.0.8, all versions starting from 16.1 before 16.1.3, all versions starting from 16.2 before 16.2.2. Under specific circumstances, a user importing a project 'from export' could access and read unrelated files via uploading a specially crafted file. This was due to a bug in `tar`, fixed in [`tar-1.35`](https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/info-gnu/2023-07/msg00005.html).

    References: https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/3xxx/CVE-2023-3385.json, https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-3385, https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/416161, https://hackerone.com/reports/2032730, git://[email protected]:gitlab-org/gitlab.git

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name:

    Purl:

    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- 4071be4ff453bc317ba65d5f4a50cab7d50869db
    Fixed -b989ef135498a860c86648c76637bb14442da7c5

    Affected versions

    v16.2.1-ee
    v16.2.0-ee

    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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