CVE-2023-5332 | Dependency on Vulnerable Third-Party Component in GitLab

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Patch in third party library Consul requires 'enable-script-checks' to be set to False. This was required to enable a patch by the vendor. Without this setting the patch could be bypassed. This only affects GitLab-EE.

Published: 2023-12-04 Last update: 2026-06-17 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2023-5332 is rated Exploit Available (56.7/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.74%). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2023-5332

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2023-5332

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 0.02% 0.74% +0.72%
2 2025-11-21 0.10% 0.02% -0.08%
3 2025-11-18 — 0.10% —

Full EPSS history (10 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2023-5332

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.9 3.1 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:H)
Even with access, the exploit needs extra luck, timing, or a fussy environment to actually work.
Privileges required (PR:H)
They need powerful rights—admin, root, or similar—before this pays off.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:H)
Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:H)
They could widely tamper with or forge data—trust in the data is badly hurt.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
 0.7 5.2 [email protected]
8.1 3.1 HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:H)
Even with access, the exploit needs extra luck, timing, or a fussy environment to actually work.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:H)
Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:H)
They could widely tamper with or forge data—trust in the data is badly hurt.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
 2.2 5.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2023-5332

OS Trackers for CVE-2023-5332

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2023-5332 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (consul), 1 status rows across 1 suites (bullseye): open 1. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-5332
redhat high — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-5332
ubuntu medium CVE-2023-5332 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (consul), 12 status rows across 12 suites (bionic, focal, jammy, lunar, mantic, noble, oracular, plucky, questing, trusty, upstream, xenial): DNE 5, needs-triage 4, ignored 3. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-5332

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2023-5332

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
gitlab gitlab >= 9.5.0, < 16.2.8 cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:*
gitlab gitlab >= 16.3.0, < 16.3.5 cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:*
gitlab gitlab 16.4.0 cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:16.4.0:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:*
hashicorp consul < 0.9.4 cpe:2.3:a:hashicorp:consul:*:*:*:*:-:*:*:*
hashicorp consul >= 1.0.0, < 1.0.8 cpe:2.3:a:hashicorp:consul:*:*:*:*:-:*:*:*
hashicorp consul >= 1.2.0, < 1.2.4 cpe:2.3:a:hashicorp:consul:*:*:*:*:-:*:*:*
hashicorp consul 1.1.0 cpe:2.3:a:hashicorp:consul:1.1.0:*:*:*:-:*:*:*

References for CVE-2023-5332

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