{"id":"CVE-2023-5995","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2023-5995","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T01:11:26.770Z","title":"It was possible for an attacker to abuse the policy bot to gain access to internal projects.","description":"An issue has been discovered in GitLab EE affecting all versions starting from 16.2 before 16.4.3, all versions starting from 16.5 before 16.5.3, all versions starting from 16.6 before 16.6.1. It was possible for an attacker to abuse the policy bot to gain access to internal projects.","published":"2023-12-01T07:15:13.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T06:49:49.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@gitlab.com","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":7.5,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N"},"cwe":["CWE-863"],"affected":["gitlab/gitlab"],"epss":{"score":0.00557,"percentile":0.46169,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.56%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/425361","tags":["Broken Link","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@gitlab.com"},{"url":"https://hackerone.com/reports/2138880","tags":["Permissions Required","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@gitlab.com"},{"url":"https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/425361","tags":["Broken Link","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://hackerone.com/reports/2138880","tags":["Permissions Required","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-5995","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}