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.
{
"cpes": [
"cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:*",
"cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
],
"severity": "Medium"
}