An issue has been discovered in GitLab EE affecting all versions from 16.4 prior to 16.6.7, 16.7 prior to 16.7.5, and 16.8 prior to 16.8.2 which allows a maintainer to change the name of a protected branch that bypasses the security policy added to block MR.
| Name | Vendor | Start Version | End Version |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gitlab | Gitlab | 16.4.0 (including) | 16.6.7 (excluding) |
| Gitlab | Gitlab | 16.7.0 (including) | 16.7.5 (excluding) |
| Gitlab | Gitlab | 16.8.0 (including) | 16.8.2 (excluding) |
| Gitlab | Ubuntu | esm-apps/xenial | * |
| Gitlab | Ubuntu | xenial | * |