CVE-2023-32766 — Gitpod before 2022

Gitpod before 2022.11.3 allows XSS because redirection can occur for some protocols outside of the trusted set of three (vscode: vscode-insiders: jetbrains-gateway:).

01What is this vulnerability?

Gitpod before 2022.11.3 allows XSS because redirection can occur for some protocols outside of the trusted set of three (vscode: vscode-insiders: jetbrains-gateway:).

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
n	a / n/a	n/a

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

Ask SARA in chat to draft a starting detection for this CVE in your stack of choice.

07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

• Published: 2023-06-05T00:00:00.000Z
• Last modified: 2025-01-31T17:27:56.761Z

09References

• www.gitpod.io — https://www.gitpod.io
• github.com — https://github.com/gitpod-io/gitpod/commit/6771283c3406586e352337675b79ff2ca50f1…
• github.com — https://github.com/gitpod-io/gitpod/compare/release-2022.11.2...2022.11.3
• github.com — https://github.com/gitpod-io/gitpod/releases/tag/2022.11.3
• github.com — https://github.com/gitpod-io/gitpod/pull/17559
• app.safebase.io — https://app.safebase.io/portal/71ccd717-aa2d-4a1e-942e-c768d37e9e0c/preview?prod…