CVE-2023-5995

MEDIUM

GitLab 16.2.0-16.4.2, 16.5.0-16.5.2, 16.6.0 - Incorrect Authorization via Policy Bot Abuse

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

An issue has been discovered in GitLab EE affecting all versions starting from 16.2 before 16.4.3, all versions starting from 16.5 before 16.5.3, all versions starting from 16.6 before 16.6.1. It was possible for an attacker to abuse the policy bot to gain access to internal projects.

References (2)

Core 2
Core References
Broken Link, Vendor Advisory issue-tracking
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/425361
Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory technical-description exploit permissions-required
https://hackerone.com/reports/2138880

Scores

CVSS v3 4.4
EPSS 0.0004
EPSS Percentile 12.0%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Details

CWE
CWE-863
Status published
Products (2)
gitlab/gitlab 16.6.0
gitlab/gitlab 16.2.0 - 16.4.3
Published Dec 01, 2023
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026