CVE-2023-31485

Publication date 29 April 2023

Last updated 26 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

5.9 · Medium

Score breakdown

Description

GitLab::API::v4 through 0.26 does not verify TLS certificates when connecting to a GitLab server, enabling machine-in-the-middle attacks.

Read the notes from the security team

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
libgitlab-api-v4-perl 24.04 LTS noble
Not affected
23.10 mantic Ignored end of life, was needed
23.04 lunar Ignored end of life, was needed
22.10 kinetic Ignored end of life, was needed
22.04 LTS jammy Ignored fix is likely to introduce a regression on existing deployments
20.04 LTS focal Ignored fix is likely to introduce a regression on existing deployments
18.04 LTS bionic Ignored fix is likely to introduce a regression on existing deployments
16.04 LTS xenial Ignored end of standard support
14.04 LTS trusty Ignored end of standard support

Notes

jslarraz

Fixing this issue may introduce a regression when this package is used to interact with self-managed GitLab servers using self-signed certificates.

Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. How can I get the fixes?

Package Patch details
libgitlab-api-v4-perl

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 5.9 · Medium
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity High
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact None
Availability impact None
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

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