CVE-2023-3915
Incorrect Execution-Assigned Permissions in GitLab
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 6.5 Medium
- Published
- Sep 1, 2023
- Updated
- May 13, 2026
- Reserved
- Jul 25, 2023
Description
An issue has been discovered in GitLab EE affecting all versions starting from 16.1 before 16.1.5, all versions starting from 16.2 before 16.2.5, all versions starting from 16.3 before 16.3.1. If an external user is given an owner role on any group, that external user may escalate their privileges on the instance by creating a service account in that group. This service account is not classified as external and may be used to access internal projects.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 6.5 Medium | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N | GitLab |
Weaknesses
- CWE-279 Incorrect Execution-Assigned Permissions
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
GitLabGitLab |
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References
- GitLab Issue #417664issue-trackingpermissions-required
- HackerOne Bug Bounty Report #2040834technical-descriptionexploitpermissions-required
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