An issue has been discovered in GitLab affecting all versions before 16.0.8, all versions starting from 16.1 before 16.1.3, all versions starting from 16.2 before 16.2.2. The main branch of a repository with a specially designed name allows an attacker to create repositories with malicious code.

Related CVEs

CVE-2023-3401

Key Information

GHSA ID

GHSA-722v-49rj-hh57

Published

August 2, 2023 9:32 AM

Last Modified

April 4, 2024 6:29 AM

CVSS Score

5.0 /10

Primary Ecosystem

Unknown

Primary Package

Unknown

GitHub Reviewed

✗ No

Dataset

Last updated: August 3, 2025 6:48 AM

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