CVE-2023-2576 Incorrect Authorization in GitLab

What is CVE-2023-2576?

CVE-2023-2576 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Gitlab Gitlab, published on 13 Jul 2023. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

An issue has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions starting from 13.7 before 15.11.10, all versions starting from 16.0 before 16.0.6, all versions starting from 16.1 before 16.1.1. This allowed a developer to remove the CODEOWNERS rules and merge to a protected branch.

Weakness: CWE-863

Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-2576?

1 open source package ship an affected version, including gitlab. It affects 1 product.

Products include Gitlab Gitlab.

How do I fix CVE-2023-2576?

Upgrade gitlab to a fixed version for your release line: 15.11.10, 16.0.6 or 16.1.1.

Upgrade, and check permissions on every request on the server, not only in the interface. More about Missing authorization.

Is CVE-2023-2576 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2023-2576 exists.

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• CVE-2026-85706 GitLab Community Edition and Enterprise Edition Path Traversal Exploited Critical 10.0
• CVE-2023-7028 GitLab Community and Enterprise Editions Improper Access Control Exploited Critical 10.0
• CVE-2021-22205 GitLab Community and Enterprise Editions Remote Code Execution Exploited Critical 10.0
• CVE-2021-39935 GitLab Community and Enterprise Editions Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) Exploited Medium 6.8

All Gitlab Gitlab vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as BIT-gitlab-2023-2576, GHSA-242m-wgg2-vv66, UBUNTU-CVE-2023-2576.