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.
Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2023-59045 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.
Fixes

Solution

Upgrade to versions 16.8.2, 16.7.5, 16.6.7 or above.


Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

History

Wed, 18 Dec 2024 18:15:00 +0000

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Thu, 03 Oct 2024 07:45:00 +0000

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Weaknesses CWE-284

Thu, 03 Oct 2024 06:30:00 +0000

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Title Improper Access Control in GitLab Missing Authorization in GitLab
Weaknesses CWE-862

Thu, 19 Sep 2024 02:30:00 +0000

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Thu, 29 Aug 2024 20:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Thu, 29 Aug 2024 15:15:00 +0000

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CPEs cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitLab

Published:

Updated: 2025-05-22T04:10:39.556Z

Reserved: 2023-12-15T12:02:46.848Z

Link: CVE-2023-6840

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T08:42:08.148Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2024-02-07T22:15:09.500

Modified: 2024-11-21T08:44:39.447

Link: CVE-2023-6840

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

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