Exposure of Sensitive Information Due to Incompatible Policies in GitLab

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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-5117",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "Exposure of Sensitive Information Due to Incompatible Policies in GitLab",
    "summary": "An issue was discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions before 17.6.0 in which users were unaware that files uploaded to comments on confidential issues and epics of public projects could be accessed without authentication via a direct link to the uploaded file URL.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2023-5117",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "low",
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      "id": "CVE-2023-5117",
      "aliases": [
        "BIT-gitlab-2023-5117",
        "CVE-2023-5117"
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          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N"
        }
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      "affected": [
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          "ranges": [
            {
              "repo": "https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab",
              "type": "GIT",
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            "v17.6.0-rc42-ee",
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            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2023-5117.json"
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      "modified": "2026-10-28T02:30:24.665974838Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/5xxx/CVE-2023-5117.json",
        "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-5117",
        "https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/398250"
      ],
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        "cwe_ids": [
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        "cna_assigner": "GitLab",
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  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 490955,
  "published_at": "2024-12-25T14:46:47.927+00:00"
}