Description
An issue has been discovered in GitLab EE affecting all versions starting from 16.6 prior to 17.2.9, from 17.3 prior to 17.3.5, and from 17.4 prior to 17.4.2. It was possible for an unauthenticated attacker to determine the GitLab version number for a GitLab instance.
Problem types
CWE-540: Inclusion of Sensitive Information in Source Code
Product status
16.6 (semver) before 17.2.9
17.3 (semver) before 17.3.5
17.4 (semver) before 17.4.2
Credits
This issue was discovered internally by GitLab team member [Paul Gascou-Vaillancourt](https://gitlab.com/pgascouvaillancourt)
References
gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/493355 (GitLab Issue #493355)