CVE-2023-3441
Exposure of Sensitive Information Due to Incompatible Policies in GitLab
An issue has been discovered in GitLab EE/CE affecting all versions starting from 8.0 before 16.4. The product did not sufficiently warn about security implications of granting merge rights to protected branches.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- High
- Privileges needed
- High
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Exposure of Sensitive Information Due to Incompatible Policies in GitLab
An issue has been discovered in GitLab EE/CE affecting all versions starting from 8.0 before 16.4. The product did not sufficiently warn about security implications of granting merge rights to protected branches.
- Record
CVE-2023-3441- CVSS 3.1
- 6.6 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-213
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2023-44105
An issue has been discovered in GitLab EE/CE affecting all versions starting from 8.0 before 16.4. The product did not sufficiently warn about security implications of granting merge rights to protected branches.
- Record
EUVD-2023-44105- CVSS 3.1
- 6.6 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-j2mx-xc3v-gw3q
An issue has been discovered in GitLab EE/CE affecting all versions starting from 8.0 before 16.4...
An issue has been discovered in GitLab EE/CE affecting all versions starting from 8.0 before 16.4. The product did not sufficiently warn about security implications of granting merge rights to protected branches.
- Record
GHSA-j2mx-xc3v-gw3q- CVSS 3.1
- 6.6 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-213
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
An issue has been discovered in GitLab EE/CE affecting all versions starting from 8.0 before 16.4. The product did not sufficiently warn about security implications of granting merge rights to protected branches.
- Record
CVE-2023-3441- CVSS 3.1
- 6.6 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:N - CVSS 3.1
- 9.1 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-213
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
Exposure of Sensitive Information Due to Incompatible Policies in GitLab
An issue has been discovered in GitLab EE/CE affecting all versions starting from 8.0 before 16.4. The product did not sufficiently warn about security implications of granting merge rights to protected branches.
- Record
CVE-2023-3441- CVSS 3.1
- 6.6 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-213
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2023-3441
An issue has been discovered in GitLab EE/CE affecting all versions starting from 8.0 before 16.4. The product did not sufficiently warn about security implications of granting merge rights to protected branches.
- Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2023-3441- CVSS 3.1
- 9.1 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 3.1
- 6.6 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVBIT-gitlab-2023-3441 No score
Exposure of Sensitive Information Due to Incompatible Policies in GitLab
An issue has been discovered in GitLab EE/CE affecting all versions starting from 8.0 before 16.4. The product did not sufficiently warn about security implications of granting merge rights to protected branches.
- Record
BIT-gitlab-2023-3441- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases, published | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2023-3441 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.6) in Gitlab, published October 1, 2024. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.55%, the 46th percentile. Fixed in gitlab 16.4.0.
References
gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/416482
hackerone.com/reports/2033561
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-3441
github.com/advisories/GHSA-j2mx-xc3v-gw3q
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-3441
cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-3441