CVE-2023-5995

An issue has been discovered in GitLab EE affecting all versions starting from 16.2 before 16.4.3, all versions starting from 16.5 before 16.5.3, all versions starting from 16.6 before 16.6.1. It was possible for an attacker to abuse the policy bot to gain access to internal projects.

CVSS v3.1

7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

CVSS v3.1

4.4 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

EPSS

0.56% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 44th percentile

Published

2023-12-01

Updated

2025-11-20

Proof-of-concept exploits (1)

• https://hackerone.com/reports/2138880

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry

Related

• CVE-2023-5991
• CVE-2023-5998
• CVE-2023-5990
• CVE-2023-6000
• CVE-2023-5980
• CVE-2023-6005