CVE-2023-4379

highpriority · track · 30OT risk · elevatedEPSS 0.006 · 48 %ileDEEURUUS

grimoire priorityP2 · Scheduled

Exploitable?

—

no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

0.60% (48th) EPSS

CVSS 7.5 · high

Is it mine?

12 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

6 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-26

An issue has been discovered in GitLab EE affecting all versions starting from 15.3 prior to 16.2.8, 16.3 prior to 16.3.5, and 16.4 prior to 16.4.1. Code owner approval was not removed from merge requests when the target branch was updated.

cvss

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

8.1

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 6.9–8.1

v3.17.5highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:Nprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 3.9 · impact 3.6

v3.18.1highAV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:Nsecondary · FSTEC (BDU) RU

v3.18.1highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:Nsecondary · ENISA EU

v3.18.1highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:Nsecondary · cve@gitlab.comexploitability 1.7 · impact 5.8

v3.16.9mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/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: totalcoordinatorcisa_ssvcUS

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-284USCWE-863US

affected products (12)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

GitLab GitLab15.3 → 16.2.8enisa_euvdEU
GitLab GitLab16.3 → 16.3.5enisa_euvdEU
GitLab GitLab16.4 → 16.4.1enisa_euvdEU
GitLab Inc. Gitlab15.3 → 16.2.8fstec_bduRU
GitLab Inc. Gitlab16.3 → 16.3.5fstec_bduRU
GitLab Inc. Gitlab16.4 → 16.4.1fstec_bduRU
gitlab gitlab15.3.0 → 16.2.8nvdUScpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gitlab gitlab16.3.0 → 16.3.5nvdUScpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gitlab gitlab= 16.4.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Bitnami gitlab15.3.0 → 16.2.8osvUSpkg:bitnami/gitlab
Bitnami gitlab16.3.0 → 16.3.5osvUSpkg:bitnami/gitlab
Bitnami gitlab16.4.0 → 16.4.1osvUSpkg:bitnami/gitlab

advisories (2)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

WID-SEC-W-2023-2520GitLab: Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2023-09-28csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein entfernter, authentisierter Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in GitLab ausnutzen, um beliebigen Programmcode mit Rechten des Benutzers auszuführen, Sicherheitsvorkehrungen zu umgehen, Informationen offenzulegen oder Dateien zu manipulieren.
BIT-gitlab-2023-4379Incorrect Authorization in GitLab2024-03-06vendor · osvUS
An issue has been discovered in GitLab EE affecting all versions starting from 15.3 prior to 16.2.8, 16.3 prior to 16.3.5, and 16.4 prior to 16.4.1. Code owner approval was not removed from merge requests when the target branch was updated.

also known as (4)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd fstec_bdu nvd osv cert_bund NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2023-11-09modified 2026-06-17

references (5)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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