CVE-2023-3915 — Incorrect Execution-Assigned Permissions in Gitlab

CWE-279 — Incorrect Execution-Assigned PermissionsCWE-732 — Incorrect Permission Assignment4 documents4 sources
Severity
7.2HIGHNVD
EPSS
0.0%
top 88.91%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
3
GitlabDebian GitlabGitlab EE
Timeline
PublishedSep 1

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.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 1.2 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages5 packages

▶CVEListV5gitlab/gitlab16.1 — 16.1.5+1
▶NVDgitlab/gitlab16.1.0 — 16.1.5+2
▶debiandebian/gitlab
▶gitlabgitlab/gitlab

🔴Vulnerability Details

1
GHSA
GHSA-3m8p-28cp-6cg5: An issue has been discovered in GitLab EE affecting all versions starting from 16↗2023-09-01
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📋Vendor Advisories

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GitLab
CVE-2023-3915: 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↗2023-09-01
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Debian
CVE-2023-3915: gitlab - An issue has been discovered in GitLab EE affecting all versions starting from 1...↗2023
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