CVE-2023-4379 (GCVE-0-2023-4379)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-11-09 21:01 – Updated: 2026-10-10 04:16
VLAI
Title
Incorrect Authorization in GitLab
Summary
An issue has been discovered in GitLab EE affecting all versions starting from 15.3 prior to 16.2.8, 16.3 prior to 16.3.5, and 16.4 prior to 16.4.1. Code owner approval was not removed from merge requests when the target branch was updated.
Severity
8.1 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N
SSVC
Exploitation: poc Automatable: no Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2024-08-30 15:30 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-863 - Incorrect Authorization
Assigner
GitLab CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard B 75/100 over 296 records in the last 180 days details
References
URL Tags
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/415496 issue-trackingbroken-link
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
GitLab GitLab Affected: 15.3 , < 16.2.8 (semver)
Affected: 16.3 , < 16.3.5 (semver)
Affected: 16.4 , < 16.4.1 (semver)
    cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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Credits
This issue was reported by a customer.
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