CVE-2023-6680

8.1 highEPSS 0.4%

High (8.1) in gitlab gitlab. EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

An improper certificate validation issue in Smartcard authentication in GitLab EE affecting all versions from 11.6 prior to 16.4.4, 16.5 prior to 16.5.4, and 16.6 prior to 16.6.2 allows an attacker to authenticate as another user given their public key if they use Smartcard authentication. Smartcard authentication is an experimental feature and has to be manually enabled by an administrator.

Severity

CVSS 3.1

8.1 high

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

EPSS: 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 31% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-295
Published: 2023-12-15
Modified: 2026-06-17
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

gitlab:gitlab

References

https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/421607
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/421607

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