CVE-2023-5226

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Source
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-5226
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2023-5226.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2023-5226
Aliases
Downstream
Published
2023-12-01T07:01:43.131Z
Modified
2025-11-29T15:53:26.755982Z
Severity
  • 4.8 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N CVSS Calculator
Summary
Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection') in GitLab
Details

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.

Database specific 
{
    "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/5xxx/CVE-2023-5226.json",
    "cna_assigner": "GitLab",
    "cwe_ids": [
        "CWE-94"
    ]
}
References

Affected packages

Git / gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affected
Fixed
7de773390b4ddc765d102467a62e607aa9cfe1aa
Database specific 
{
    "versions": [
        {
            "introduced": "0"
        },
        {
            "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

Other

11-10-0cfa69752d8-0d9531c80-ee
11-10-0cfa69752d8-74ffd66ae-ee
11-10-119f9509d50-6d7537235-ee

v1.*

v1.0.2
v1.1.0pre
v1.2.0
v1.2.0pre
v1.2.1
v1.2.2

v10.*

v10.1.0.pre
v10.2.0.pre
v10.3.0.pre
v10.4.0.pre
v10.5.0.pre
v10.6.0.pre
v10.7.0.pre
v10.8.0.pre
v10.9.0.pre

v11.*

v11.0.0.pre
v11.1.0.pre
v11.2.0.pre
v11.3.0.pre

v16.*

v16.4.0-ee
v16.4.0-rc42-ee
v16.4.0-rc43-ee
v16.4.1-ee
v16.4.2-ee
v16.5.0-ee
v16.5.1-ee
v16.5.2-ee
v16.6.0-ee

v2.*

v2.0.0
v2.1.0
v2.2.0
v2.2.0pre
v2.3.0
v2.3.0pre
v2.3.1
v2.4.0
v2.4.0pre
v2.4.1
v2.5.0
v2.6.0
v2.6.0pre
v2.6.1
v2.6.2
v2.6.3
v2.7.0
v2.7.0pre
v2.8.0
v2.8.0pre
v2.8.1
v2.8.2
v2.9.0
v2.9.1

v3.*

v3.0.0
v3.0.1
v3.0.2
v3.0.3
v3.1.0

v4.*

v4.0.0
v4.0.0rc1
v4.0.0rc2

v5.*

v5.0.0
v5.1.0
v5.2.0
v5.3.0

v6.*

v6.0.0
v6.0.0-ee
v6.0.0-ee.beta
v6.0.0-ee.rc1
v6.1.0-ee
v6.2.0
v6.2.1
v6.2.2
v6.3.0
v6.3.0-ee
v6.3.1-ee
v6.4.0
v6.4.0-ee
v6.4.0.pre1
v6.4.0.pre2
v6.4.0.pre3
v6.4.1
v6.4.2
v6.4.3
v6.5.0
v6.5.0-ee
v6.5.0.rc1
v6.5.1
v6.6.0
v6.6.0-ee
v6.6.0.pre1
v6.6.0.rc1
v6.6.1
v6.6.2
v6.7.0-ee
v6.7.0.rc1
v6.7.0.rc1-ee
v6.7.1
v6.7.2
v6.8.0
v6.8.0-ee
v6.8.0.rc1
v6.8.1
v6.9.0.rc1

v7.*

v7.0.0
v7.0.0-ee
v7.0.0.rc1
v7.1.0
v7.1.0-ee
v7.1.0.rc1
v7.1.0.rc1-ee
v7.2.0.rc1
v7.2.0.rc1-ee
v7.2.0.rc2
v7.2.0.rc2-ee
v7.2.0.rc3
v7.2.0.rc3-ee
v7.2.0.rc4
v7.2.0.rc4-ee
v7.2.0.rc5
v7.2.0.rc5-ee
v7.3.0
v7.3.0-ee
v7.3.0.rc1
v7.3.0.rc1-ee
v7.4.0
v7.4.0-ee
v7.4.1
v7.4.1-ee
v7.4.2
v7.4.2-ee
v7.4.3
v7.4.3-ee
v7.4.4-ee

v8.*

v8.10.0.pre
v8.11.0
v8.11.0-ee
v8.11.0-rc1
v8.11.0-rc1-ee
v8.11.0-rc2
v8.11.0-rc2-ee
v8.11.0-rc3
v8.11.0-rc3-ee
v8.11.0-rc4
v8.11.0-rc4-ee
v8.11.0-rc5
v8.11.0-rc5-ee
v8.11.0-rc6
v8.11.0-rc6-ee
v8.11.0-rc7
v8.11.0-rc7-ee
v8.11.0.pre
v8.11.1
v8.12.0
v8.12.0-ee
v8.12.0-rc1
v8.12.0-rc1-ee
v8.12.0-rc2
v8.12.0-rc2-ee
v8.12.0-rc3
v8.12.0-rc3-ee
v8.12.0-rc4
v8.12.0-rc4-ee
v8.12.0-rc5
v8.12.0-rc5-ee
v8.12.0-rc6
v8.12.0-rc6-ee
v8.12.0-rc7
v8.12.0-rc7-ee
v8.12.0.pre
v8.12.1
v8.12.1-ee
v8.12.2
v8.12.2-ee
v8.12.3-ee
v8.13.0.pre
v8.14.0.pre
v8.15.0.pre
v8.16.0.pre
v8.17.0.pre
v8.18.0.pre
v8.2.0-ee
v8.2.0.rc1
v8.2.0.rc1-ee
v8.2.0.rc2
v8.2.0.rc2-ee
v8.4.0.rc1
v8.8.0
v8.8.0-ee
v8.8.0-rc1
v8.8.0-rc1-ee
v8.8.0-rc2
v8.8.0-rc2-ee
v8.8.1-ee

v9.*

v9.1.0.pre
v9.2.0.pre
v9.3.0.pre
v9.5.0.pre
v9.6.0.pre

Database specific

source

"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2023-5226.json"