High severity · published Nov 9, 2023
CVE-2023-4379
Incorrect Authorization in GitLab
7.5
CVSS
0.6%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
An issue has been discovered in GitLab EE affecting all versions starting from 15.3 prior to 16.2.8, 16.3 prior to 16.3.5, and 16.4 prior to 16.4.1. Code owner approval was not removed from merge requests when the target branch was updated.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
High
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.6% · higher than 49% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
GI
GitLab · GitLab
15.3 before 16.2.8; 16.3 before 16.3.5; 16.4 before 16.4.1 · source: vendor, NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-4379
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-4379
issue-tracking
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/415496
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