Summary:
GitLab, a widely utilized DevOps platform facilitating code hosting and continuous integration, has issued a critical security release for both GitLab Community Edition (CE) and Enterprise Edition (EE). This release primarily addresses a critical vulnerability that impacts various GitLab EE versions, ranging from 13.12 to 16.2.7, as well as 16.3 to 16.3.4. This vulnerability enables an attacker to execute pipelines as an arbitrary user by exploiting scheduled security scan policies improperly. The severity of this vulnerability is rated as critical, with a severity score of 9.6, and it is identified as CVE-2023-5009. It is crucial for GitLab users to take the necessary remediation steps to address this security concern.[/subscribe_to_unlock_form]
Summary:
GitLab, a widely utilized DevOps platform facilitating code hosting and continuous integration, has issued a critical security release for both GitLab Community Edition (CE) and Enterprise Edition (EE). This release primarily addresses a critical vulnerability that impacts various GitLab EE versions, ranging from 13.12 to 16.2.7, as well as 16.3 to 16.3.4. This vulnerability enables an attacker to execute pipelines as an arbitrary user by exploiting scheduled security scan policies improperly. The severity of this vulnerability is rated as critical, with a severity score of 9.6, and it is identified as CVE-2023-5009. It is crucial for GitLab users to take the necessary remediation steps to address this security concern.[emaillocker id="1283"]
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