BIT-gitlab-2023-3915

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    BIT-gitlab-2023-3915

    Published: 6 Mar 2024Last Modified: 20 May 2025
    Aliases:
    CVE-2023-3915

    Summary: Incorrect Execution-Assigned Permissions in GitLab

    Details: 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.

    References: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/417664, https://hackerone.com/reports/2040834, https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-3915

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: gitlab

    Purl: pkg:bitnami/gitlab

    Affected ranges

    Type: SEMVER

    Events:

    Introduced- 16.1.0
    Fixed -16.1.5

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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