Ubuntu.comUB:CVE-2023-6840CVE-2023-6840
6.7 Medium
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
HIGH
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:H
6.9 Medium
AI Score
Confidence
Low
0.0004 Low
EPSS
Percentile
15.6%
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.
References
about.gitlab.com/releases/2024/02/07/security-release-gitlab-16-8-2-released/#project-maintainers-can-bypass-groups-scan-result-policy-block_branch_modification-setting
gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/435500
hackerone.com/reports/2280292
launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2023-6840
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-6840
security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-6840
www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-6840
Related
6.7 Medium
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
HIGH
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:H
6.9 Medium
AI Score
Confidence
Low
0.0004 Low
EPSS
Percentile
15.6%