CVE-2023-5612

MEDIUMNVD 5.35.3—
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

Score 5.3 from GitHub Security Advisory published 2024-01-26. NVD baseline CVSS 5.3; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, nvd
Weaponized
5.3
EchelonGraph verdictMonitorLow exploitation likelihood right now — keep watching.
  • Lower severity and no public exploit yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS: 4%CVSS: 5.3Exploit: NoneExposed: 0

No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.

An issue has been discovered in GitLab affecting all versions before 16.6.6, 16.7 prior to 16.7.4, and 16.8 prior to 16.8.1. It was possible to read the user email address via tags feed although the visibility in the user profile has been disabled.

CVSS v3
5.3
EG Score
5.3(medium)
EPSS
90.1%
KEV
Not listed

Published

January 26, 2024

Last Modified

November 21, 2024

References (6)

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2023-5612(1)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Weakness Classification(2)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 9× in last 7d / 38× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

  1. 2026-07-06 16:26 UTCEPSS rescore
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  34. 2026-05-24 09:38 UTCEG score recompute
  35. 2026-05-24 09:38 UTCGHSA enrichment

Publicly available exploits

(1 reference)

Working exploit code is in the public domain (1 Metasploit module). Defenders should treat patch urgency accordingly — public PoCs typically lead to mass-exploitation within 24-72 hours.

  • Metasploitauxiliary/gather/gitlab_tags_rss_feed_email_disclosure✓ verified
    First seen Jan 25, 2024

    GitLab Tags RSS feed email disclosure

    Open source ↗

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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2023-5612?
CVE-2023-5612 is a medium vulnerability published on January 26, 2024. An issue has been discovered in GitLab affecting all versions before 16.6.6, 16.7 prior to 16.7.4, and 16.8 prior to 16.8.1. It was possible to read the user email address via tags feed although the visibility in the user profile has been disabled.
When was CVE-2023-5612 disclosed?
CVE-2023-5612 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on January 26, 2024, with the most recent update on November 21, 2024. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2023-5612 actively exploited?
CVE-2023-5612 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 90.1% percentile likelihood of exploitation in the next 30 days — higher percentiles indicate greater predicted risk.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2023-5612?
CVE-2023-5612 has a CVSS v3 base score of 5.3 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2023-5612?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2023-5612, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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