CVE-2023-4700 (GCVE-0-2023-4700)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-11-06 17:30 – Updated: 2025-11-20 04:09
VLAI?
Summary
An authorization issue affecting GitLab EE affecting all versions from 14.7 prior to 16.3.6, 16.4 prior to 16.4.2, and 16.5 prior to 16.5.1, allowed a user to run jobs in protected environments, bypassing any required approvals.
Severity ?
3.5 (Low)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N
CWE
Assigner
References
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/421937 issue-trackingpermissions-required
https://hackerone.com/reports/2129826 technical-descriptionexploitpermissions-required
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
GitLab GitLab Affected: 14.7 , < 16.3.6 (semver)
Affected: 16.4.0 , < 16.4.2 (semver)
Affected: 16.5.0 , < 16.5.1 (semver)
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Credits
Thanks [Gregor Pirolt](https://hackerone.com/gregodfather) for reporting this vulnerability through our HackerOne bug bounty program.
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