CVE-2023-6477
Incorrect Privilege Assignment in GitLab
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 6.7 Medium
- Published
- Feb 21, 2024
- Updated
- May 15, 2026
- Reserved
- Dec 4, 2023
Description
An issue has been discovered in GitLab EE affecting all versions starting from 16.5 before 16.7.6, all versions starting from 16.8 before 16.8.3, all versions starting from 16.9 before 16.9.1. When a user is assigned a custom role with admin_group_member permission, they may be able to make a group, other members or themselves Owners of that group, which may lead to privilege escalation.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 6.7 Medium | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L | GitLab |
Weaknesses
- CWE-266 Incorrect Privilege Assignment
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
GitLabGitLab |
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References
- GitLab Issue #433463issue-trackingpermissions-required
- HackerOne Bug Bounty Report #2270898technical-descriptionexploitpermissions-required
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