CVE catalog

CVE-2023-6840

UBUNTU-

[CVE catalog]

An issue has been discovered in GitLab EE affecting all versions from 16.4 prior to 16.6.7, 16.7 prior to 16.7.5, and 16.8 prior to 16.8.2 which allows a maintainer to change the name of a protected branch that bypasses the security policy added to block MR.

Severity
Unknown
Published
Updated
Source
[NVD] · [CVE record]
EPSS
0.56% · Oct 27, 2026

Reported versions and fixes

Each observation applies to its named package, distribution, and release. Distribution backports can fix a vulnerability while retaining an older upstream version number.

Version impact has not been established. The original provider fields are retained below.

Provider details and historical evidence
Original provider fields
{
  "package_releases": [],
  "fixed_versions": [],
  "distribution_packages": [
    {
      "name": "gitlab",
      "distro": "ubuntu",
      "ranges": [
        {
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM",
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            }
          ]
        }
      ],
      "release": "16.04",
      "versions": [
        "8.4.3+dfsg-9",
        "8.4.3+dfsg-12",
        "8.5.8+dfsg-5"
      ],
      "ecosystem": "deb",
      "fixed_version": "",
      "provider_record_id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2023-6840"
    }
  ]
}

OpenFactory catalog packages

Matching against OpenFactory catalog package versions is in progress.

Observed:

References

[FIRST EPSS] · [OSV Package Vulnerability Database]