CVE-2023-3401

Summary

CVE-2023-3401 is a newly disclosed vulnerability in GitLab that puts all versions before 16.0.8, as well as specific versions in the 16.1 and 16.2 series, at risk. Malicious actors can exploit this issue by creating a repository with a specific name in the main branch, gaining the ability to create new repositories with malicious code. This vulnerability could potentially lead to unauthorized repository creation and code injection in affected GitLab instances. Users are urged to upgrade to the latest version, 16.2.2 or later, to mitigate this risk.

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