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.
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https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/435500 Issue Tracking Permissions Required
https://hackerone.com/reports/2280292 Permissions Required Technical Description
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cve-icon MITRE Information

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitLab

Published: 2024-02-07T22:02:20.934Z

Updated: 2024-07-05T17:20:46.439Z

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


Link: CVE-2023-6840

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cve-icon NVD Information

Status : Analyzed

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

Modified: 2024-03-04T20:52:05.890


Link: CVE-2023-6840

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