CVE-2023-5226

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Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-5226
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2023-5226.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2023-5226
Aliases
Downstream
Published
2023-12-01T07:01:43Z
Modified
2026-10-30T10:46:39Z
Severity
  • 4.8 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N CVSS Calculator
Summary
Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection') in GitLab
Details

An issue has been discovered in GitLab affecting all versions before 16.4.3, all versions starting from 16.5 before 16.5.3, all versions starting from 16.6 before 16.6.1. Under certain circumstances, a malicious actor bypass prohibited branch checks using a specially crafted branch name to manipulate repository content in the UI.

Database specific 
{
    "cna_assigner": "GitLab",
    "cwe_ids": [
        "CWE-94"
    ],
    "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/5xxx/CVE-2023-5226.json"
}
References

Affected packages

Git / gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affected
Fixed
7de773390b4ddc765d102467a62e607aa9cfe1aa
Introduced
fc87c9d4cca1536abcf902b4128f5c2004d87162
Fixed
8583797ef98a5141565e83105e55b0b124e60aaa
Introduced
94991886af3e3820aa09fa353b29cf8557c93168
Last Affected
94991886af3e3820aa09fa353b29cf8557c93168
Database specific
Show details 
{
    "extracted_events": [
        {
            "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:community:*:*:*",
            "range": [
                {
                    "introduced": "0"
                },
                {
                    "fixed": "16.4.3"
                }
            ],
            "source": "CPE_RANGE"
        },
        {
            "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:*",
            "range": [
                {
                    "introduced": "0"
                },
                {
                    "fixed": "16.4.3"
                }
            ],
            "source": "CPE_RANGE"
        },
        {
            "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:community:*:*:*",
            "range": [
                {
                    "introduced": "16.5.0"
                },
                {
                    "fixed": "16.5.3"
                }
            ],
            "source": "CPE_RANGE"
        },
        {
            "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:*",
            "range": [
                {
                    "introduced": "16.5.0"
                },
                {
                    "fixed": "16.5.3"
                }
            ],
            "source": "CPE_RANGE"
        },
        {
            "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:16.6.0:*:*:*:community:*:*:*",
            "range": [
                {
                    "introduced": "16.6.0"
                },
                {
                    "last_affected": "16.6.0"
                }
            ],
            "source": "CPE_STRING"
        },
        {
            "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:16.6.0:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:*",
            "range": [
                {
                    "introduced": "16.6.0"
                },
                {
                    "last_affected": "16.6.0"
                }
            ],
            "source": "CPE_STRING"
        }
    ]
}

Affected versions

Other
11-10-0cfa69752d8-0d9531c80-ee
11-10-0cfa69752d8-74ffd66ae-ee
11-10-119f9509d50-6d7537235-ee
16.*
16.6.0
v1.*
v1.2.0
v1.2.0pre
v1.2.1
v1.2.2
v16.*
v16.4.0-ee
v16.4.0-rc42-ee
v16.4.0-rc43-ee
v16.5.0-ee
v16.5.2-ee
v16.6.0-ee
v2.*
v2.3.0
v2.3.0pre
v2.3.1
v2.4.0
v2.4.0pre
v2.4.1
v2.5.0
v2.6.0
v2.6.0pre
v2.6.1
v2.6.2
v2.6.3
v2.7.0
v2.7.0pre
v2.8.0
v2.8.0pre
v2.8.1
v2.8.2
v2.9.0
v2.9.1
v3.*
v3.0.0
v3.0.1
v3.0.2
v3.0.3
v3.1.0
v4.*
v4.0.0
v4.0.0rc1
v4.0.0rc2
v5.*
v5.0.0
v5.1.0
v5.2.0
v6.*
v6.0.0-ee
v6.0.0-ee.beta
v6.0.0-ee.rc1
v6.1.0-ee
v6.3.0-ee
v6.3.1-ee
v6.4.0-ee
v6.5.0-ee
v6.6.0-ee
v6.7.0-ee
v6.7.0.rc1-ee
v6.8.0-ee
v7.*
v7.0.0-ee
v7.1.0-ee
v7.1.0.rc1-ee
v7.2.0.rc1-ee
v7.2.0.rc2-ee
v7.2.0.rc3-ee
v7.2.0.rc4-ee
v7.2.0.rc5-ee
v7.3.0-ee
v7.3.0.rc1-ee

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2023-5226.json"