CVE-2023-4700 (GCVE-0-2023-4700)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2023-11-06 17:30
Modified
2025-05-22 04:08
Severity ?
3.5 (Low) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N
CWE
Summary
An authorization issue affecting GitLab EE affecting all versions from 14.7 prior to 16.3.6, 16.4 prior to 16.4.2, and 16.5 prior to 16.5.1, allowed a user to run jobs in protected environments, bypassing any required approvals.
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GitLab GitLab Version: 14.7   ≤
Version: 16.4.0   ≤
Version: 16.5.0   ≤
    cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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