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title: "CVE-2023-7045\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2023-7045

Publication date 23 May 2024

Last updated 26 August 2025

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

## Cvss 3 Severity Score

**6.1 · Medium**

[Score breakdown](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-7045?format=md#impact-score)

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## Description

A CSRF vulnerability exists within GitLab CE/EE from versions 13.11 before
16.10.6, from 16.11 before 16.11.3, from 17.0 before 17.0.1. By leveraging
this vulnerability, an attacker could exfiltrate anti-CSRF tokens via the
Kubernetes Agent Server (KAS).

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| gitlab | 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
| 23.10 mantic | Not in release |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Not in release |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Ignored end of ESM support, was ignored [not maintainable] |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)

## Severity score breakdown

CVSS version:
CVSS v3.0

**Base score**

6.1 · Medium

* Base metrics

  | Parameter | Value |
  | --- | --- |
  | Attack vector | Network |
  | Attack complexity | Low |
  | Privileges required | None |
  | User interaction | Required |
  | Scope | Changed |
  | Confidentiality impact | Low |
  | Integrity impact | Low |
  | Availability impact | None |
* Scores

  | Parameter | Value |
  | --- | --- |
  | Base score | 6.1 · Medium |
  | Exploitability score | - |
  | Impact score | - |

**Vector:** CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-7045)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-7045)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2023-7045)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-7045)

### Other references

* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-7045>
* <https://about.gitlab.com/releases/2024/05/22/patch-release-gitlab-17-0-1-released/>
* <https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/436358>
* <https://hackerone.com/reports/2286823>