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CVE-2023-3915

Incorrect Execution-Assigned Permissions in GitLab

Published
Last modified
published
Not listed in CISA KEV
Fix
Fixed in 16.1.5, 16.2.5, 16.3.1
None on Exploit-DB, Metasploit or GitHub
  • Exploitation: poc
  • Automatable: no
  • Technical impact: partial

Summary

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.

Timeline

  1. CVE published
  2. CISA SSVC assessment

    Exploitation: poc · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial

  3. Record last updated

Affected versions

  • GitLab GitLab

    From 16.1 · fixed in 16.1.5; From 16.2 · fixed in 16.2.5; From 16.3 · fixed in 16.3.1

References 2

gitlab.com

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