Gitlab Shell
CVE-2013-4581
MEDIUM
Vulnerability Assessment
| Weakness |
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A05:2025 - Injection
ASVS 5.0
V1 - Encoding and Sanitization Code injection prevention, sandbox exec
MITRE ATT&CK
2 techniques across 2 tactics: Execution, Initial Access The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up. |
| Impact | CVSS score of 6.8 (MEDIUM). Attack characteristics: network attack vector, M complexity. EPSS exploitation probability: 1.10%. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | A remote attacker could inject and execute arbitrary code within the application by sending crafted requests to the affected application. |
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Alert meAnalysisAI
GitLab 5.0 before 5.4.2, Community Edition before 6.2.4, Enterprise Edition before 6.2.1 and gitlab-shell before 1.7.8 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted change using SSH. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable. This Code Injection vulnerability could allow attackers to inject and execute arbitrary code within the application.
RemediationAI
A vendor patch is available. Apply the latest security update as soon as possible. Never evaluate user-controlled input as code. Use sandboxing, disable dangerous functions, apply strict input validation.
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Technical ContextAI · show details
This vulnerability is classified as Code Injection (CWE-94), which allows attackers to inject and execute arbitrary code within the application. GitLab 5.0 before 5.4.2, Community Edition before 6.2.4, Enterprise Edition before 6.2.1 and gitlab-shell before 1.7.8 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted change using SSH. Affected products include: Gitlab, Gitlab Gitlab-Shell. Version information: before 5.4.2.
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Severity by source
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Primary rating from NVD · only source for this CVE.
CVSS VectorNVD
DescriptionCVE.org
GitLab 5.0 before 5.4.2, Community Edition before 6.2.4, Enterprise Edition before 6.2.1 and gitlab-shell before 1.7.8 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted change using SSH.
Threat Intelligence Overview
How this decision was reached
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What every action level means
SSVC AssessmentENISA
Priority Score
Attack Technique
Code injection occurs when an application accepts user input and passes it directly into a language interpreter or evaluator without proper sanitization.
Remote Code Execution represents the critical moment when an attacker successfully runs arbitrary code on a target system without physical access.
Affected Products (CPE)CVE.org
More in Gitlab Shell
View allThe SSH key upload feature (lib/gitlab_keys.rb) in gitlab-shell before 1.7.3, as used in GitLab 5.0 before 5.4.1 and 6.x
The repository import feature in gitlab-shell before 1.7.4, as used in GitLab, allows remote authenticated users to exec
NVD
CVE.org
EPSS
GitHub PoC
Exploit-DB