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Vulnerability from bitnami_vulndb

Published

2024-03-06 10:54

Modified

2026-09-08 08:34

Summary

Incorrect Authorization in GitLab

Details

An issue has been discovered in GitLab EE Premium and Ultimate affecting versions 16.4.3, 16.5.3, and 16.6.1. In projects using subgroups to define who can push and/or merge to protected branches, there may have been instances in which subgroup members with the Developer role were able to push or merge to protected branches.

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  "affected": [
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Bitnami",
        "name": "gitlab",
        "purl": "pkg:bitnami/gitlab"
      },
      "ranges": [
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          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "16.4.3"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "16.4.4"
            },
            {
              "introduced": "16.5.3"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "16.5.4"
            },
            {
              "introduced": "16.6.1"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "16.6.2"
            }
          ],
          "type": "SEMVER"
        }
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          "type": "CVSS_V3"
        }
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    }
  ],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2023-6564"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cpes": [
      "cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:16.4.3:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:*",
      "cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:16.5.3:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:*",
      "cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:16.6.1:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:*",
      "cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
      "cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:*"
    ],
    "severity": "Medium"
  },
  "details": "An issue has been discovered in GitLab EE Premium and Ultimate affecting versions 16.4.3, 16.5.3, and 16.6.1. In projects using subgroups to define who can push and/or merge to protected branches, there may have been instances in which subgroup members with the Developer role were able to push or merge to protected branches.",
  "id": "BIT-gitlab-2023-6564",
  "modified": "2026-09-08T08:34:36.952Z",
  "published": "2024-03-06T10:54:37.083Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://gitlab.com/gitlab-com/gl-infra/production/-/issues/17213"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-6564"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.5.0",
  "summary": "Incorrect Authorization in GitLab"
}

CVE-2023-6564 (GCVE-0-2023-6564)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-02-08 11:30 – Updated: 2024-10-03 06:23

Title

Incorrect Authorization in GitLab

Summary

Severity

6.5 (Medium)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2024-02-21 19:46 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

1 reference

URL	Tags
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-com/gl-infra/production…	issue-trackingpermissions-required

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
GitLab	GitLab	Affected: 16.4.3 , < 16.4.4 (semver) Affected: 16.5.3 , < 16.5.4 (semver) Affected: 16.6.1 , < 16.6.2 (semver) cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab::::::::

Credits

This vulnerability has been discovered internally by a GitLab team member

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