CVE-2023-3385
Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') in GitLab
MEDIUM 6.5EPSS 0.9%
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).
- Affected
- GitLab
- CVSS v3.1 NVD
- 6.5 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - CVSS v3.1 GITLAB
- 6.3 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N - EPSS
- 0.86% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 58th percentile
- Published
- 2023-08-01
- Updated
- 2025-11-20