CVE-2023-5061: GitLab

Medium severity, CVSS 4.3. EPSS: 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

An issue has been discovered in GitLab affecting all versions starting from 9.3 before 16.4.4, all versions starting from 16.5 before 16.5.4, all versions starting from 16.6 before 16.6.2. In certain situations, it may have been possible for developers to override predefined CI variables via the REST API.

Affected products

• GitLab GitLab: from 9.3.0, before 16.4.4 (fixed in 16.4.4); from 16.5.0, before 16.5.4 (fixed in 16.5.4); from 16.6.0, before 16.6.2 (fixed in 16.6.2)

Published 2023-12-15. Last modified 2026-06-17.