An authorization bypass vulnerability was discovered in GitLab affecting versions 11.3 prior to 16.7.7, 16.7.6 prior to 16.8.4, and 16.8.3 prior to 16.9.2. An attacker could bypass CODEOWNERS by utilizing a crafted payload in an old feature branch to perform malicious actions.
https://hackerone.com/reports/2295423
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/436977
https://about.gitlab.com/releases/2024/03/06/security-release-gitlab-16-9-2-released/