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.
{ "cpes": [ "cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:community:*:*:*", "cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:*", "cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:16.6.0:*:*:*:community:*:*:*", "cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:16.6.0:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:*", "cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*" ], "severity": "Medium" }