CVE-2024-8631 (GCVE-0-2024-8631)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-09-12 17:11 – Updated: 2024-09-13 14:17
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
Privilege Defined With Unsafe Actions in GitLab
Summary
A privilege escalation issue has been discovered in GitLab EE affecting all versions starting from 16.6 prior to 17.1.7, from 17.2 prior to 17.2.5, and from 17.3 prior to 17.3.2. A user assigned the Admin Group Member custom role could have escalated their privileges to include other custom roles.
Severity
5.5 (Medium)
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2024-09-12 17:36 UTC
CWE
- CWE-267 - Privilege Defined With Unsafe Actions
Assigner
References
3 references
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/462665 | issue-trackingpermissions-required |
| https://hackerone.com/reports/2478469 | technical-descriptionexploitpermissions-required |
| https://about.gitlab.com/releases/2024/09/11/patc… |
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