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Missing Authorization in GitLab

Type: advisorySources: OSV

A missing authorization check vulnerability exists in GitLab Remote Development affecting all versions prior to 16.5.6, 16.6 prior to 16.6.4 and 16.7 prior to 16.7.2. This condition allows an attacker to create a workspace in one group that is associated with an agent from another group.

Products
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Affected versions
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Fixed versions
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CVEs
CVE-2023-6955
Confirmed fixed CVEs
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4 Nov 2026, 04:44 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

Missing Authorization in GitLab

core-osv · Original source

Published 12 Jan 2024, 13:56 UTC

A missing authorization check vulnerability exists in GitLab Remote Development affecting all versions prior to 16.5.6, 16.6 prior to 16.6.4 and 16.7 prior to 16.7.2. This condition allows an attacker to create a workspace in one group that is associated with an agent from another group.

osv:CVE-2023-6955
Complete source record
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