An issue has been discovered in GitLab affecting all versions before 16.4.3, all versions starting from 16.5 before 16.5.3, all versions starting from 16.6 before 16.6.1. Under certain circumstances, a malicious actor bypass prohibited branch checks using a specially crafted branch name to manipulate repository content in the UI.

Related CVEs

CVE-2023-5226

Key Information

GHSA ID

GHSA-6wgj-fxqf-wxj2

Published

December 1, 2023 9:30 AM

Last Modified

December 1, 2023 9:30 AM

CVSS Score

5.0 /10

Primary Ecosystem

Unknown

Primary Package

Unknown

GitHub Reviewed

✗ No

Dataset

Last updated: June 16, 2025 6:25 AM

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