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GitLab 16.6 release
Type: patchSources: GitLab releases
GitLab 16.6 includes security-related improvements, including masking private group names from unauthorized users, optional expiry dates for service accounts, and new controls for enforcing merge request approvals and preventing pushes to protected branches. The announcement does not identify a specific security vulnerability or CVE.
- Products
- GitLab
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- 16.6
- CVEs
- Not specified
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 1 Nov 2026, 00:50 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
GitLab 16.6 includes security-related improvements, including masking private group names from unauthorized users, optional expiry dates for service accounts, and new controls for enforcing merge request approvals and preventing pushes to protected branches. The announcement does not identify a specific security vulnerability or CVE.
To enhance security, we are now masking private groups’ name and source from users who are not members of the shared group, shared project, or invited group.
GitLab
Fixed versions: 16.6
Complete source record
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},
"source_id": "official-gitlab-releases",
"document_id": 23723,
"published_at": "2023-11-16T00:00:00+00:00"
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