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.
{
"cna_assigner": "GitLab",
"osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/5xxx/CVE-2023-5226.json",
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-94"
]
}{
"extracted_events": [
{
"introduced": "0"
},
{
"fixed": "16.4.3"
},
{
"introduced": "16.5"
},
{
"fixed": "16.5.3"
},
{
"introduced": "16.6"
},
{
"fixed": "16.6.1"
}
],
"source": "AFFECTED_FIELD"
}