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Description

An issue has been discovered in GitLab affecting all versions starting from 4.1 before 16.1.5, all versions starting from 16.2 before 16.2.5, all versions starting from 16.3 before 16.3.1 where it was possible to create a URL that would redirect to a different project.

PUBLISHED Reserved 2023-03-08 | Published 2023-09-01 | Updated 2025-11-20 | Assigner GitLab




LOW: 2.6CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Problem types

CWE-601: URL Redirection to Untrusted Site ('Open Redirect')

Product status

Default status
unaffected

4.1 (semver) before 16.1.5
affected

16.2 (semver) before 16.2.5
affected

16.3 (semver) before 16.3.1
affected

Credits

Thanks [akadrian](https://hackerone.com/akadrian) for reporting this vulnerability through our HackerOne bug bounty program finder

References

gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/395437 (GitLab Issue #395437) issue-tracking

hackerone.com/reports/1889230 (HackerOne Bug Bounty Report #1889230) technical-description exploit

gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/395437 (GitLab Issue #395437) issue-tracking

hackerone.com/reports/1889230 (HackerOne Bug Bounty Report #1889230) technical-description exploit permissions-required

cve.org (CVE-2023-1279)

nvd.nist.gov (CVE-2023-1279)

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