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September 11, 2026 at 16:11 UTC
GitLab Vulnerability Exploited One Day After Disclosure
By Ionut Arghire
AI Summary
A critical-severity path traversal vulnerability in GitLab (CVE-2023-2825) — allowing unauthenticated attackers to read arbitrary files from the server — was exploited within one day of public disclosure, with internet-wide scanning already detected. GitLab has urged operators of all self-managed installations to upgrade immediately. The speed of exploitation underscores the narrow patching window for critical GitLab flaws affecting potentially thousands of self-hosted instances.
Relevance score: 86.0/100
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