CVE-2023-3444

mediumpriority · track · 26OT risk · elevatedEPSS 0.005 · 44 %ileDEEUUS

grimoire priorityP3 · Track

Exploitable?

—

no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

0.52% (44th) EPSS

CVSS 6.5 · medium

Is it mine?

9 products

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Who says so?

5 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · nvd · osv

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

An issue has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions starting from 15.3 before 15.11.10, all versions starting from 16.0 before 16.0.6, all versions starting from 16.1 before 16.1.1, which allows an attacker to merge arbitrary code into protected branches.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

6.5

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode

v3.16.5mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:Nprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 2.8 · impact 3.6

v3.15.7mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:Nsecondary · ENISA EU

v3.15.7mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:Nsecondary · cve@gitlab.comexploitability 2.1 · impact 3.6

v3.16mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

ssvc

A stakeholder decision — act, attend, or track — from exploitation and impact.

Exploitation: poc · Automatable: no · Technical Impact: partialcoordinatorcisa_ssvcUS

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-863USprimary

affected products (9)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

GitLab GitLab15.3 → 15.11.10enisa_euvdEU
GitLab GitLab16.0 → 16.0.6enisa_euvdEU
GitLab GitLab16.1 → 16.1.1enisa_euvdEU
gitlab gitlab15.3.0 → 15.11.10nvdUScpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gitlab gitlab16.0.0 → 16.0.6nvdUScpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gitlab gitlab16.1.0 → 16.1.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Bitnami gitlab15.3.0 → 15.11.10osvUSpkg:bitnami/gitlab
Bitnami gitlab16.0.0 → 16.0.6osvUSpkg:bitnami/gitlab
Bitnami gitlab16.1.0 → 16.1.1osvUSpkg:bitnami/gitlab

advisories (2)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

WID-SEC-W-2023-1604GitLab: Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2023-06-29csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein entfernter, anonymer Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in GitLab ausnutzen, um einen Denial of Service zu verursachen, Sicherheitsvorkehrungen zu umgehen, Daten zu manipulieren und offenzulegen.
BIT-gitlab-2023-3444Incorrect Authorization in GitLab2024-03-06vendor · osvUS
An issue has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions starting from 15.3 before 15.11.10, all versions starting from 16.0 before 16.0.6, all versions starting from 16.1 before 16.1.1, which allows an attacker to merge arbitrary code into protected branches.

also known as (3)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd nvd osv cert_bund NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2023-07-13modified 2026-06-17

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references (8)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

https://about.gitlab.com/Patchcnnvd
https://cxsecurity.com/cveshow/CVE-2023-3444/cnnvd
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/406803 cnnvd
https://hackerone.com/reports/1928709 cnnvd
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/406803 enisa_euvd
https://hackerone.com/reports/1928709 enisa_euvd
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/406803Issue TrackingVendor Advisorynvd
https://hackerone.com/reports/1928709Permissions RequiredThird Party Advisorynvd

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