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High · 8.2 CVE-2023-5207 EUVD-2023-57538GHSA-m4hq-98c3-4xmx

Execution with Unnecessary Privileges in GitLab

Published Sep 30, 2023 · Updated Aug 14, 2026 · Assigned by GitLab

Description

A vulnerability was discovered in GitLab CE and EE affecting all versions starting 16.0 prior to 16.2.8, 16.3 prior to 16.3.5, and 16.4 prior to 16.4.1. An authenticated attacker could perform arbitrary pipeline execution under the context of another user.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
GitLab GitLab 16.4 – < 16.4.1, 16.3 – < 16.3.5, 16.0.0 – < 16.2.8 16.4.1

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS gitlab No fix yet —

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