A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in GitLab Community Edition and Enterprise Edition up to 16.7.5/16.8.2/16.9.0. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component Secondary Email Handler. The manipulation leads to improper access controls.

The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2024-1525. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no exploit available.

It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.