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High [CVE-2023-5207] Execution with Unnecessary Privileges in GitLab

This high-severity GitLab advisory covers CVE-2023-5207 affecting GitLab.

CVE-2023-5207 Published Sep 30, 2023Updated by vendor Aug 14, 2026
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Summary

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 versions
  • GitLab 16.4 before 16.4.1
  • GitLab 16.3 before 16.3.5
  • GitLab 16.0.0 before 16.2.8

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Fixed versions
  • 16.4.1
  • 16.3.5
  • 16.2.8

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Mitigation

Upgrade to a fixed release: 16.4.1, 16.3.5, 16.2.8. That is the remediation for this advisory.

The vendor advisory may list additional interim mitigations or workarounds not captured here — review it before change work.

Official advisory · high-confidence parse· fetched 1 hour ago·verify at source

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