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An issue has been discovered in GitLab affecting all...

Moderate severity Unreviewed Published Dec 1, 2023 to the GitHub Advisory Database

Package

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Affected versions

Unknown

Patched versions

Unknown

Description

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

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Dec 1, 2023
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Dec 1, 2023

Severity

Moderate
4.8
/ 10

CVSS base metrics

Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
High
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
High
Availability
None
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2023-5226

GHSA ID

GHSA-6wgj-fxqf-wxj2

Source code

No known source code

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