Given the severity of the vulnerability, it has been assigned a maximum severity score of 10/10. The affected products include GitLab Community Edition (CE) and Enterprise Edition (EE) version 16.0.0. Although not all older versions are impacted, GitLab recommends all users to apply the fix and upgrade their installations to version 16.0.1.
In a security advisory accompanying the patch, GitLab emphasizes the importance of promptly upgrading all affected installations to the latest version available. The advisory clarifies that the vulnerability affects all types of deployment (e.g., omnibus, source code, helm chart) unless otherwise stated.
