CVE-2023-6477

2024-02-2200:15:51

CWE-269

[email protected]

web.nvd.nist.gov

gitlab

cve-2023-6477

security

privilege escalation

6.7 Medium

CVSS3

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

HIGH

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

LOW

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L

6.3 Medium

AI Score

Confidence

High

0.001 Low

EPSS

Percentile

29.7%

JSON

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.

Affected configurations

NVD

Node

gitlabgitlabRange16.5.0–16.7.6enterprise

gitlabgitlabRange16.8.0–16.8.3enterprise

gitlabgitlabMatch16.9.0enterprise

CPENameOperatorVersion
gitlab:gitlabgitlablt16.7.6
gitlab:gitlabgitlable16.8.3
gitlab:gitlabgitlabeq16.9.0

CPE	Name	Operator	Version
gitlab:gitlab	gitlab	lt	16.7.6
gitlab:gitlab	gitlab	le	16.8.3
gitlab:gitlab	gitlab	eq	16.9.0

CNA Affected

[
  {
    "vendor": "GitLab",
    "product": "GitLab",
    "repo": "git://[email protected]:gitlab-org/gitlab.git",
    "versions": [
      {
        "version": "16.5",
        "status": "affected",
        "lessThan": "16.7.6",
        "versionType": "semver"
      },
      {
        "version": "16.8",
        "status": "affected",
        "lessThan": "16.8.3",
        "versionType": "semver"
      },
      {
        "version": "16.9",
        "status": "affected",
        "lessThan": "16.9.1",
        "versionType": "semver"
      }
    ],
    "defaultStatus": "unaffected"
  }
]