CVE-2023-5009
Incorrect Authorization in GitLab
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 8.2 High
- Published
- Sep 19, 2023
- Updated
- Oct 28, 2026
- Reserved
- Sep 15, 2023
Description
An issue has been discovered in GitLab EE affecting all versions starting from 13.12 before 16.2.7, all versions starting from 16.3 before 16.3.4. It was possible for an attacker to run pipeline jobs as an arbitrary user via scheduled security scan policies. This was a bypass of [CVE-2023-3932](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-3932) showing additional impact.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 8.2 High | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N | GitLab |
Weaknesses
- CWE-863 Incorrect Authorization
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
GitLabGitLab |
|
References
- GitLab Issue #425304issue-trackingpermissions-required
- HackerOne Bug Bounty Report #2147126technical-descriptionexploitpermissions-required
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