CVE-2023-5995

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Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-5995
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2023-5995.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2023-5995
Aliases
Published
2023-12-01T07:01:28.253Z
Modified
2025-12-05T04:11:15.392057Z
Severity
  • 4.4 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N CVSS Calculator
Summary
Incorrect Authorization in GitLab
Details

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.

Database specific 
{
    "cwe_ids": [
        "CWE-863"
    ],
    "cna_assigner": "GitLab",
    "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/5xxx/CVE-2023-5995.json"
}
References

Affected packages

Git / gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab
Events
Introduced
3adc0fe6e7c163bedd7faa5f0c4d1e5fbb6bf3c5
Fixed
7de773390b4ddc765d102467a62e607aa9cfe1aa
Database specific 
{
    "versions": [
        {
            "introduced": "16.2"
        },
        {
            "fixed": "16.4.3"
        }
    ]
}
Type
GIT
Repo
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab
Events
Introduced
fc87c9d4cca1536abcf902b4128f5c2004d87162
Fixed
8583797ef98a5141565e83105e55b0b124e60aaa
Database specific 
{
    "versions": [
        {
            "introduced": "16.5"
        },
        {
            "fixed": "16.5.3"
        }
    ]
}
Type
GIT
Repo
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab
Events
Introduced
94991886af3e3820aa09fa353b29cf8557c93168
Fixed
9aa991a5ee9f61bd890d5c9cbf57c665ff115e70
Database specific 
{
    "versions": [
        {
            "introduced": "16.6"
        },
        {
            "fixed": "16.6.1"
        }
    ]
}

Affected versions

v16.*
v16.5.0-ee
v16.5.1-ee
v16.5.2-ee
v16.6.0-ee

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2023-5995.json"