Vulnerability · Published Jul 13, 2023 · Assigned by GitLab

CVE-2023-2576Incorrect Authorization in GitLab

Medium 4.3

In plain English

A medium-severity incorrect authorization in GitLab from GitLab. Proof-of-concept exploit code is public. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.5% (higher than 41% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)4.3Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.5%top 59.0% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: poc
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

An issue has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions starting from 13.7 before 15.11.10, all versions starting from 16.0 before 16.0.6, all versions starting from 16.1 before 16.1.1. This allowed a developer to remove the CODEOWNERS rules and merge to a protected branch.

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
GitLab GitLab 13.7 – before 15.11.1016.0 – before 16.0.616.1 – before 16.1.1

Weakness: CWE-863 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

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