CVE-2023-6840

Summary

CVE-2023-6840 is a vulnerability affecting GitLab Enterprise Edition (EE). Affected versions include those from 16.4 to 16.6.7, 16.7 to 16.7.5, and 16.8 to 16.8.2. This issue enables a maintainer to alter the name of a protected branch, bypassing the security policy intended to block merge requests. This vulnerability could potentially lead to unintended changes in the codebase, undermining the intended branch protection measures. GitLab urges users to upgrade to the patched versions as soon as possible to mitigate this risk.

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