CVE-2023-5117: GitLab

Low severity, CVSS 3.7. EPSS: 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Affected products

• GitLab GitLab: before 17.6.0 (fixed in 17.6.0)

Published 2024-12-25. Last modified 2026-06-17.