CVE-2023-5332 — Patch in third party library Consul requires 'enable-script-checks' to be set to

Patch in third party library Consul requires 'enable-script-checks' to be set to False. This was required to enable a patch by the vendor. Without this setting the patch could be bypassed. This only affects GitLab-EE.

01What is this vulnerability?

Patch in third party library Consul requires 'enable-script-checks' to be set to False. This was required to enable a patch by the vendor. Without this setting the patch could be bypassed. This only affects GitLab-EE.

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
GitLab	GitLab	9.5.0, 16.3.0, 16.4

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

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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: 2023-12-04T06:30:33.856Z
• Last modified: 2024-10-03T06:23:16.051Z

09References

• gitlab.com — https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/omnibus-gitlab/-/issues/8171
• www.hashicorp.com — https://www.hashicorp.com/blog/protecting-consul-from-rce-risk-in-specific-confi…