CVE-2023-3914 (GCVE-0-2023-3914)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-09-29 06:02 – Updated: 2026-08-14 04:11
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
Incorrect User Management in GitLab
Summary
A business logic error in GitLab EE affecting all versions prior to 16.2.8, 16.3 prior to 16.3.5, and 16.4 prior to 16.4.1 allows access to internal projects. A service account is not deleted when a namespace is deleted, allowing access to internal projects.
Severity
5.4 (Medium)
SSVC
Exploitation: poc
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2024-07-24 13:49 UTC
CWE
- CWE-286 - Incorrect User Management
Assigner
References
2 references
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/418115 | issue-tracking |
| https://hackerone.com/reports/2040822 | technical-descriptionexploitpermissions-requiredbroken-link |
Impacted products
4 products
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GitLab | GitLab |
Affected:
0 , < 16.2.8
(semver)
Affected: 16.3 , < 16.3.5 (semver) Affected: 16.4 , < 16.4.1 (semver) cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
||
| gitlab | gitlab |
Affected:
0 , < 16.2.8
(semver)
cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
||
| gitlab | gitlab |
Affected:
16.3.0 , < 16.3.5
(semver)
cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:16.3.0:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:* |
||
| gitlab | gitlab |
Affected:
16.4.0 , < 16.4.1
(semver)
cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:16.4.0:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:* |
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The approach is described in our paper Mapping CVEs to MITRE ATT&CK Techniques: A Curated Gold-Set Classifier and the Limits of LLM-Assisted Label Expansion.
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The approach is described in our paper Mapping CVEs to MITRE ATT&CK Techniques: A Curated Gold-Set Classifier and the Limits of LLM-Assisted Label Expansion.
Browse all ATT&CK techniques and the vulnerabilities related to each.
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Vulnerabilities whose description is nearest to this one in the vector space of the CIRCL/vulnerability-attack-technique-biencoder model. This is a similarity search over the bi-encoder space (plain cosine), not a classification, and it has no measured accuracy.