CVEvulnerability
CVE-2023-6840
6.7 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2024-02-07
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 6.7 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 6.7 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:H
- Weaknesses
- CWE-862
Description
An issue has been discovered in GitLab EE affecting all versions from 16.4 prior to 16.6.7, 16.7 prior to 16.7.5, and 16.8 prior to 16.8.2 which allows a maintainer to change the name of a protected branch that bypasses the security policy added to block MR.
Affected configurations
• gitlab gitlab (>= 16.4.0 < 16.6.7)
• gitlab gitlab (>= 16.7.0 < 16.7.5)
• gitlab gitlab (>= 16.8.0 < 16.8.2)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-862 Missing Authorization weakness
References
- https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/435500 Issue Tracking, Permissions Required
- https://hackerone.com/reports/2280292 Permissions Required, Technical Description
- https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/435500 Issue Tracking, Permissions Required
- https://hackerone.com/reports/2280292 Permissions Required, Technical Description