CVE-2023-6477 Improper Privilege Management in GitLab

2024-02-2123:31:09

CWE-269

GitLab

www.cve.org

cve-2023-6477

improper privilege management

gitlab

vulnerability

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

6.7 Medium

AI Score

Confidence

High

0.001 Low

EPSS

Percentile

30.1%

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.

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"
  }
]