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CVE-2023-6840

MEDIUM
Published 2024-02-07T22:02:20.934Z
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CVSS Score

V3.1
6.7
/10
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:H
Base Score Metrics
Exploitability: N/A Impact: N/A

EPSS Score

v2023.03.01
0.001
probability
of exploitation in the wild

There is a 0.1% chance that this vulnerability will be exploited in the wild within the next 30 days.

Updated: 2025-01-25
Exploit Probability
Percentile: 0.241
Higher than 24.1% of all CVEs

Attack Vector Metrics

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
HIGH
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED

Impact Metrics

Confidentiality
LOW
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH

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.

Available Exploits

No exploits available for this CVE.

Related News

No news articles found for this CVE.

Affected Products

GitLab

GitLab

Affected Versions:

16.4 16.7 16.8

GitHub Security Advisories

Community-driven vulnerability intelligence from GitHub

⚠ Unreviewed MODERATE

GHSA-8jj6-7vgp-rg47

Advisory Details

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.

CVSS Scoring

CVSS Score

5.0

CVSS Vector

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

References

ADVISORY https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-6840
WEB https://hackerone.com/reports/2280292
WEB https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/435500

Advisory provided by GitHub Security Advisory Database. Published: February 8, 2024, Modified: February 8, 2024

References

https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/435500
https://hackerone.com/reports/2280292
Published: 2024-02-07T22:02:20.934Z
Last Modified: 2025-05-22T04:10:39.556Z
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