CVE-2023-5612

Missing Authorization in GitLab

An issue has been discovered in GitLab affecting all versions before 16.6.6, 16.7 prior to 16.7.4, and 16.8 prior to 16.8.1. It was possible to read the user email address via tags feed although the visibility in the user profile has been disabled.

Affected

GitLab

CVSS v3.1 NVD

5.3 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

EPSS

4.87% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 92nd percentile

Published

2024-01-26

Updated

2026-08-14

Proof-of-concept exploits (3)

• https://hackerone.com/reports/2208790
• TopskiyPavelQwertyGang/Review.CVE-2023-56120★ · 2025-06-06
• mad3E7cat/CVE-2023-56120★ · 2025-09-14

Metasploit modules (1)

• rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/auxiliary/gather/gitlab_tags_rss_feed_ema…

Security advisories

• https://about.gitlab.com/releases/2024/01/25/critical-security-release-gitlab-16-8-1-rele…

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry

Related

• CVE-2021-3156