CVE-2023-6564 Incorrect Authorization in GitLab

What is CVE-2023-6564?

CVE-2023-6564 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Gitlab Gitlab, published on 8 Feb 2024. 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 EE Premium and Ultimate affecting versions 16.4.3, 16.5.3, and 16.6.1. In projects using subgroups to define who can push and/or merge to protected branches, there may have been instances in which subgroup members with the Developer role were able to push or merge to protected branches.

Weakness: CWE-863

Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-6564?

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

Products include Gitlab Gitlab.

How do I fix CVE-2023-6564?

Upgrade gitlab to a fixed version for your release line: 16.4.4, 16.5.4 or 16.6.2.

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

Is CVE-2023-6564 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-6564 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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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-2023-6564, GHSA-x74g-xc7p-4fx7, UBUNTU-CVE-2023-6564.