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GHSA-G9JP-P8W6-7F2Q

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2023-06-07 18:30 – Updated: 2024-04-04 04:39

Details

An issue has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions starting from 14.1 before 15.10.8, all versions starting from 15.11 before 15.11.7, all versions starting from 16.0 before 16.0.2. A malicious maintainer in a project can escalate other users to Owners in that project if they import members from another project that those other users are Owners of.

Severity

4.4 (Medium)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

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CVE-2023-2485 (GCVE-0-2023-2485)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-06-07 00:00 – Updated: 2025-01-07 15:44

Title

Incorrect Privilege Assignment in GitLab

Summary

Severity

4.4 (Medium)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

SSVC

Exploitation: poc Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2025-01-07 15:44 UTC

CWE

CWE-266 - Incorrect Privilege Assignment

Assigner

GitLab CNA under the mitre root

CNA scorecard C 75/100 over 339 records in the last 180 days details

References

3 references

URL	Tags
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/407830
https://hackerone.com/reports/1934811
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/…

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
GitLab	GitLab	Affected: >=14.1, <15.10.8 Affected: >=15.11, <15.11.7 Affected: >=16.0, <16.0.2

Credits

Thanks [theluci](https://hackerone.com/theluci) for reporting this vulnerability through our HackerOne bug bounty program

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