Description
An issue has been discovered in GitLab EE affecting all versions from 18.0 prior to 18.0.6, 18.1 prior to 18.1.4, and 18.2 prior to 18.2.2 that could have allowed authenticated users with specific access to bypass merge request approval policies by manipulating approval rule identifiers.
Problem types
CWE-639: Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key
Product status
18.0 before 18.0.6
18.1 before 18.1.4
18.2 before 18.2.2
Credits
This vulnerability has been discovered internally by GitLab team member [Dominic Bauer](https://gitlab.com/bauerdominic).
References
gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/549105 (GitLab Issue #549105)
