CVE-2013-4490 EXPLOIT
6.5
MEDIUM · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 42.1% (pctl 99)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
The 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 before 6.2.3, allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in the public key.
Scoring
| CVSS | 6.5 (MEDIUM, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P |
| EPSS | 42.14% — more likely to be exploited than 99% of all CVEs |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2014-05-13 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (2)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| gitlab | gitlab |
| gitlab | gitlab-shell |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | Gitlab-shell - Code Execution (Metasploit) | 2014-08-19 |
References
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