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CVE-2023-5061

Published: Dec 15, 2023

Modified: May 2, 2026

PUBLISHED

CVSS v3.1

4.3

MEDIUM

Description

An issue has been discovered in GitLab affecting all versions starting from 9.3 before 16.4.4, all versions starting from 16.5 before 16.5.4, all versions starting from 16.6 before 16.6.2. In certain situations, it may have been possible for developers to override predefined CI variables via the REST API.

VendorProductVersions

GitLab

GitLab

affected
9.3 - < 16.4.4
affected
16.5 - < 16.5.4
affected
16.6 - < 16.6.2

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-862

CVSS v3.1 Details

CVSS v3.1 Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

Low

Availability

None

References

GitLab Issue #425521
issue-tracking
permissions-required
HackerOne Bug Bounty Report #2125189
technical-description
exploit
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