Vulnerability Report

CVE-2013-4490

RCE

Title: Gitlab Gitlab-Shell RCE

RCE

Proof Of Concept

PoC Available for CVE-2013-4490

CWE Category NVD-CWE-noinfo

Published Date May 13, 2014

Modified Date May 06, 2026

Exploit Status Available

Score 6.5 CVSS v2.0

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

49.78%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2013-4490: 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.

Impacted Vendors

jenkins 1

gitlab 2

Reference Links

https://www.gitlab.com/2013/11/04/gitlab-ce-6-2-and-5-4-security-release/ https://www.gitlab.com/2013/11/04/gitlab-ce-6-2-and-5-4-security-release/

CVSS v2.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity MEDIUM

6.5

Access Vector

N/A

Authentication

N/A

RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2013-4490 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

Exploit-DB https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/34362

View Code

May 06, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

May 06, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

April 12, 2025 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

May 13, 2014 PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector N/A

Complexity N/A

Privileges N/A

Interaction NONE

CVSS Vector String


                                    AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.