Description
An issue has been discovered in GitLab EE affecting all versions starting from 15.3 prior to 16.2.8, 16.3 prior to 16.3.5, and 16.4 prior to 16.4.1. Code owner approval was not removed from merge requests when the target branch was updated.
References (1)
Core 1
Core References
Issue Tracking issue-tracking
permissions-required
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/415496
Scores
CVSS v3
8.1
EPSS
0.0001
EPSS Percentile
2.5%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
poc
Automatable
no
Technical Impact
total
Details
CWE
CWE-863
Status
published
Products (5)
gitlab/gitlab
16.4.0
GitLab/GitLab
15.3 - 16.2.8
gitlab/gitlab
15.3.0 - 16.2.8
GitLab/GitLab
16.3 - 16.3.5
GitLab/GitLab
16.4 - 16.4.1
Published
Nov 09, 2023
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026