CVE-2023-5061

mediumpriority · track · 17OT risk · elevatedEPSS 0.004 · 37 %ileDEEUUS

grimoire priorityP3 · Track

Exploitable?

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no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

0.43% (37th) EPSS

CVSS 4.3 · medium

Is it mine?

9 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

5 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · nvd · osv

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

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.

cvss

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

4.3

010

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

v3.14.3mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:Nprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 2.8 · impact 1.4

v3.14.3mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:Nsecondary · ENISA EU

v3.14.3mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:Nsecondary · cve@gitlab.comexploitability 2.8 · impact 1.4

v3.14mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/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-862US

affected products (9)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

GitLab GitLab16.5 → 16.5.4enisa_euvdEU
GitLab GitLab16.6 → 16.6.2enisa_euvdEU
GitLab GitLab9.3 → 16.4.4enisa_euvdEU
gitlab gitlab16.5.0 → 16.5.4nvdUScpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gitlab gitlab16.6.0 → 16.6.2nvdUScpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gitlab gitlab9.3.0 → 16.4.4nvdUScpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Bitnami gitlab16.5.0 → 16.5.4osvUSpkg:bitnami/gitlab
Bitnami gitlab16.6.0 → 16.6.2osvUSpkg:bitnami/gitlab
Bitnami gitlab9.3.0 → 16.4.4osvUSpkg:bitnami/gitlab

advisories (2)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

WID-SEC-W-2023-3153GitLab: Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2023-12-13csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein entfernter, authentisierter oder anonymer Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in GitLab ausnutzen, um seine Privilegien zu erweitern, einen Denial of Service zu verursachen, falsche Informationen darzustellen und Sicherheitsvorkehrungen zu umgehen.
BIT-gitlab-2023-5061Missing Authorization in GitLab2024-03-06vendor · osvUS
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.

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 2023-12-15modified 2026-06-17

references (7)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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