Description
An authorization vulnerability exists in GitLab versions 14.0 prior to 16.6.6, 16.7 prior to 16.7.4, and 16.8 prior to 16.8.1. An unauthorized attacker is able to assign arbitrary users to MRs that they created within the project
Problem types
CWE-425: Direct Request ('Forced Browsing')
Product status
14.0 (semver) before 16.6.6
16.7 (semver) before 16.7.4
16.8 (semver) before 16.8.1
Credits
Thanks to [Niklas](https://gitlab.com/Taucher2003) for reporting this vulnerability
References
about.gitlab.com/...security-release-gitlab-16-8-1-released/
gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/430726 (GitLab Issue #430726)
about.gitlab.com/...security-release-gitlab-16-8-1-released/
gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/430726 (GitLab Issue #430726)