Medium severity · published Feb 22, 2024
CVE-2023-6477
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…
6.7
CVSS
0.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
High
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
Low
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.5% · higher than 45% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
GI
GitLab · GitLab
16.5.0 before 16.7.6; 16.8.0 through 16.8.3; 16.9.0 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-6477
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-6477
Permissions Required
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/433463
Permissions Required
https://hackerone.com/reports/2270898
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