🔐 CVE Alert

CVE-2023-2485

MEDIUM 4.4

Incorrect Privilege Assignment in GitLab

CVSS Score
4.4
EPSS Score
0.0%
EPSS Percentile
0th

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.

CWE CWE-266
Vendor gitlab
Product gitlab
Ecosystems
Industries
Technology
Published Jun 7, 2023
Last Updated Jan 7, 2025
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CVSS v3 Breakdown

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
High
Privileges Required
High
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
High
Availability
None

Affected Versions

GitLab / GitLab
>=14.1, <15.10.8 >=15.11, <15.11.7 >=16.0, <16.0.2

References

NVD ↗ CVE.org ↗ EPSS Data ↗
gitlab.com: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/407830 hackerone.com: https://hackerone.com/reports/1934811 gitlab.com: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2023/CVE-2023-2485.json

Credits

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