Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection') in… (CVE-2023-5226)

Summary

Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection') in GitLab

Original description

The description as published by the source.

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.

Source: OSV.dev (Open Source Vulnerabilities) NVD OSV

Affected packages

Bitnami gitlab

[{"type":"SEMVER","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"16.4.3"},{"introduced":"16.5.0"},{"fixed":"16.5.3"},{"introduced":"16.6.0"},{"fixed":"16.6.1"}]}]

References

advisory gitlab.com
advisory hackerone.com
web nvd.nist.gov