CVE-2013-4490
Status: ModifiedMedium (6.5)—
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.
CVSS
- Version: 2.0
- Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
- Base score: 6.5
Exploitation probability (EPSS)
- Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 42%
- Percentile among all scored CVEs: 99
- Score date: 10/6/2026
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).
Affected technologies (2)
CWEs
- NVD-CWE-Other
References
Raw JSON (NVD)
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