CVE-2023-3915

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    CVE-2023-3915

    Published: 1 Sept 2023Last Modified: 11 Sept 2026

    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://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/3xxx/CVE-2023-3915.json, https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-3915, https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/417664, https://hackerone.com/reports/2040834, git://[email protected]:gitlab-org/gitlab.git

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name:

    Purl:

    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- 4961ad113f3afe23965ac12285eaab31315ab0c6
    Fixed -075efefa5f88454cb1afda1f0270e91edcb55ed3

    Affected versions

    v16.2.4-ee
    v16.2.3-ee
    v16.2.1-ee
    v16.2.0-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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