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

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-11-06 17:30 – Updated: 2025-11-20 04:09
VLAI
Title
Missing Authorization in GitLab
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
URL Tags
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)
    cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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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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