CVE-2023-5831

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    CVE-2023-5831

    Published: 6 Nov 2023Last Modified: 30 Oct 2026

    Summary: Insertion of Sensitive Information Into Sent Data in GitLab

    Details: An issue has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions starting from 16.0 before 16.3.6, all versions starting from 16.4 before 16.4.2, and all versions starting from 16.5.0 before 16.5.1 which have the `super_sidebar_logged_out` feature flag enabled. Affected versions with this default-disabled feature flag enabled may unintentionally disclose GitLab version metadata to unauthorized actors.

    References: https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/5xxx/CVE-2023-5831.json, https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-5831, https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/428919, git://[email protected]:gitlab-org/gitlab.git

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name:

    Purl:

    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- 280a09dbca836a6eedf5da1e63953fe8da44bf4c
    Fixed -128862473d18a7df991090bb25688a8c81fcb0fe

    Affected versions

    16.5.0

    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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