CVE catalog
CVE-2023-5226
UBUNTU-CVE-2023-5226
- Severity
- Unknown
- Published
- Updated
- Source
- [NVD] · [CVE record]
- EPSS
- 0.55% · Oct 25, 2026
An issue has been discovered in GitLab affecting all versions before 16.4.3, all versions starting from 16.5 before 16.5.3, all versions starting from 16.6 before 16.6.1. Under certain circumstances, a malicious actor bypass prohibited branch checks using a specially crafted branch name to manipulate repository content in the UI.
Vulnerable and fixed packages
Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.
| Distribution | Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu | gitlab | 16.04 | 8.4.3+dfsg-9 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | gitlab | 16.04 | 8.4.3+dfsg-12 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | gitlab | 16.04 | 8.5.8+dfsg-5 | vulnerable |
Fixed-version evidence
OpenFactory catalog packages
No matching packages in this catalog.
Observed: