CVE-2024-0410 (GCVE-0-2024-0410)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-02-21 23:30 – Updated: 2025-11-20 04:11
VLAI?
Title
Improper Enforcement of Behavioral Workflow in GitLab
Summary
An authorization bypass vulnerability was discovered in GitLab affecting versions 15.1 prior to 16.7.6, 16.8 prior to 16.8.3, and 16.9 prior to 16.9.1. A developer could bypass CODEOWNERS approvals by creating a merge conflict.
Severity ?
7.7 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N
CWE
  • CWE-841 - Improper Enforcement of Behavioral Workflow
Assigner
References
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/437988 issue-tracking
https://hackerone.com/reports/2296778 technical-descriptionexploitpermissions-required
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
GitLab GitLab Affected: 15.1 , < 16.7.6 (semver)
Affected: 16.8 , < 16.8.3 (semver)
Affected: 16.9 , < 16.9.1 (semver)
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Credits
Thanks [ali_shehab](https://hackerone.com/ali_shehab) for reporting this vulnerability through our HackerOne bug bounty program
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