CVE-2023-6477 — Incorrect Privilege Assignment in Gitlab

CWE-266 — Incorrect Privilege AssignmentCWE-269 — Improper Privilege Management5 documents5 sources
Severity
6.7MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.0%
top 98.19%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
3
GitlabDebian GitlabGitlab EE
Timeline
PublishedFeb 22

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.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:LExploitability: 1.2 | Impact: 5.5

Affected Packages5 packages

▶CVEListV5gitlab/gitlab16.5 — 16.7.6+2
▶NVDgitlab/gitlab16.5.0 — 16.7.6+2
▶debiandebian/gitlab
▶gitlabgitlab/gitlab

🔴Vulnerability Details

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GHSA
GHSA-x645-349v-xwm6: An issue has been discovered in GitLab EE affecting all versions starting from 16↗2024-02-22
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OSV
CVE-2023-6477: An issue has been discovered in GitLab EE affecting all versions starting from 16↗2024-02-22
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📋Vendor Advisories

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GitLab
CVE-2023-6477: 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↗2024-02-22
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Debian
CVE-2023-6477: gitlab - An issue has been discovered in GitLab EE affecting all versions starting from 1...↗2023
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