CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2023-1265

Session Fixation

Published: May 03, 2023 | Modified: May 09, 2023
CVSS 3.x
4.5
MEDIUM
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CVSS 2.x
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

An issue has been discovered in GitLab affecting all versions starting from 11.9 before 15.9.6, all versions starting from 15.10 before 15.10.5, all versions starting from 15.11 before 15.11.1. The condition allows for a privileged attacker, under certain conditions, to obtain session tokens from all users of a GitLab instance.

Weakness

Authenticating a user, or otherwise establishing a new user session, without invalidating any existing session identifier gives an attacker the opportunity to steal authenticated sessions.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Gitlab Gitlab 11.9 (including) 15.9.6 (excluding)
Gitlab Gitlab 15.10 (including) 15.10.5 (excluding)
Gitlab Gitlab 15.11 (including) 15.11.1 (excluding)

Extended Description

Such a scenario is commonly observed when:

Potential Mitigations

References