GitLab Addresses Critical Flaws in Community and Enterprise Editions

GitLab has issued critical security patches addressing multiple vulnerabilities across its Community Edition (CE) and Enterprise Edition (EE). Among these, CVE-2024-9164 is a particularly severe flaw that allows arbitrary branch pipeline execution, potentially enabling attackers to bypass branch protection mechanisms. Exploiting this vulnerability may allow threat actors to execute arbitrary code or gain unauthorized access to sensitive data, compromising the integrity and confidentiality of the system. To protect against these vulnerabilities, users are strongly urged to apply the latest security patches.