CVE-2023-3401: GitLab

Medium severity, CVSS 6.5. EPSS: 0.6% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

An issue has been discovered in GitLab affecting all versions before 16.0.8, all versions starting from 16.1 before 16.1.3, all versions starting from 16.2 before 16.2.2. The main branch of a repository with a specially designed name allows an attacker to create repositories with malicious code.

Affected products

• GitLab GitLab: before 16.0.8 (fixed in 16.0.8); from 16.1, before 16.1.3 (fixed in 16.1.3); from 16.2, before 16.2.2 (fixed in 16.2.2)

Published 2023-08-02. Last modified 2026-06-17.