An issue has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions starting from 13.7 before 15.11.10, all versions starting from 16.0 before 16.0.6, all versions starting from 16.1 before 16.1.1. This allowed a developer to remove the CODEOWNERS rules and merge to a protected branch.
Severity
CVSS 3.1
4.3 medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
EPSS
0.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 40% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)