CVE-2023-6955 (GCVE-0-2023-6955)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-01-12 13:56 – Updated: 2025-06-17 21:09
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Summary
A missing authorization check vulnerability exists in GitLab Remote Development affecting all versions prior to 16.5.6, 16.6 prior to 16.6.4 and 16.7 prior to 16.7.2. This condition allows an attacker to create a workspace in one group that is associated with an agent from another group.
Severity ?
6.6 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:N
CWE
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Vendor Product Version
GitLab GitLab Affected: 0 , < 16.5.6 (semver)
Affected: 16.6 , < 16.6.4 (semver)
Affected: 16.7 , < 16.7.2 (semver)
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This vulnerability has been discovered internally by GitLab team member Jerry Seto
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