cve-2023-5226
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2023-12-01 07:01
Modified
2024-09-18 04:07
Severity ?
4.8 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Summary
An issue has been discovered in GitLab affecting all versions before 16.4.3, all versions starting from 16.5 before 16.5.3, all versions starting from 16.6 before 16.6.1. Under certain circumstances, a malicious actor bypass prohibited branch checks using a specially crafted branch name to manipulate repository content in the UI.
References
cve@gitlab.comhttps://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/426400Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
cve@gitlab.comhttps://hackerone.com/reports/2173053Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/426400Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://hackerone.com/reports/2173053Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory
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GitLab GitLab Version: 0   ≤
Version: 16.5   ≤
Version: 16.6   ≤
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