CVEvulnerability
CVE-2023-6477
6.7 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2024-02-22
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 6.7 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 6.7 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L
- Weaknesses
- CWE-266
Description
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
• gitlab gitlab (>= 16.5.0 < 16.7.6)
• gitlab gitlab (>= 16.8.0 <= 16.8.3)
• gitlab gitlab 16.9.0
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-266 Incorrect Privilege Assignment weakness
References
- https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/433463 Permissions Required
- https://hackerone.com/reports/2270898 Permissions Required
- https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/433463 Permissions Required
- https://hackerone.com/reports/2270898 Permissions Required