{"id":"BIT-gitlab-2023-6840","summary":"Missing Authorization in GitLab","details":"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.","aliases":["CVE-2023-6840"],"modified":"2025-05-20T10:02:07.006Z","published":"2024-03-06T10:54:04.182Z","database_specific":{"cpes":["cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:*","cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"],"severity":"Medium"},"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/435500"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://hackerone.com/reports/2280292"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-6840"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"gitlab","ecosystem":"Bitnami","purl":"pkg:bitnami/gitlab"},"ranges":[{"type":"SEMVER","events":[{"introduced":"16.4.0"},{"fixed":"16.6.7"},{"introduced":"16.7.0"},{"fixed":"16.7.5"},{"introduced":"16.8.0"},{"fixed":"16.8.2"}]}],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/bitnami/vulndb/tree/main/data/gitlab/BIT-gitlab-2023-6840.json"},"severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:H"}]}],"schema_version":"1.7.3"}