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CVE-2023-6840

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.

Severity
Medium 6.7
Published
7 Feb 2024
Last changed
17 Jun 2026
Added to UpHeron
21 Oct 2026
Fixed in
16.6.7, 16.7.5, 16.8.2
Sources
NVD

Affected software

SoftwareAffected versions
GitLabServers and applications · cpe:a:gitlab:gitlab
  • From 16.4.0 before 16.6.7
  • From 16.7.0 before 16.7.5
  • From 16.8.0 before 16.8.2

References

  • NVD https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-6840
  • CVE.org https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-6840