CVE-2023-3950 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2023-3950

Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information in GitLab

Vulnerability Description

An information disclosure issue in GitLab EE affecting all versions from 16.2 prior to 16.2.5, and 16.3 prior to 16.3.1 allowed other Group Owners to see the Public Key for a Google Cloud Logging audit event streaming destination, if configured. Owners can now only write the key, not read it.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

The following person or organization is credited with identifying this vulnerability, as recorded in the NVD database:

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

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Affected Vendor

Affected Software

GitLab
Vulnerable Versions:
16.2, 16.3

Timeline

Official Publish: September 1st, 2023
Last Modified: May 6th, 2026
Added to House: July 22nd, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-312

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

T1005 Data from Local System
Collection
T1552 Unsecured Credentials
Credential Access
T1530 Data from Cloud Storage
Collection
T1078 Valid Accounts
Persistence
T1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Exfiltration