CVE-2023-2485

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    CVE-2023-2485

    Published: 7 Jun 2023Last Modified: 23 Aug 2026

    Summary: Incorrect Privilege Assignment in GitLab

    Details: An issue has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions starting from 14.1 before 15.10.8, all versions starting from 15.11 before 15.11.7, all versions starting from 16.0 before 16.0.2. A malicious maintainer in a project can escalate other users to Owners in that project if they import members from another project that those other users are Owners of.

    References: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2023/CVE-2023-2485.json, https://hackerone.com/reports/1934811, https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/2xxx/CVE-2023-2485.json, https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-2485, https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/407830

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name:

    Purl:

    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- e4567ef4362f4ef24a09112564b31dfe9044ea12
    Fixed -9ec5f337f9fecb932051eca4d24744475f25870e

    Affected versions

    v16.0.0-ee

    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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