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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

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.

MEDIUM · CVSS 6.7 EPSS 0.00012
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  • No active-exploitation, high-EPSS, or public-exploit signals - routine patching cadence
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Weakness Classification

CWE-266Incorrect Privilege Assignment
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Affected Products & Versions

3
gitlab>= 16.5.0 and < 16.7.6
gitlab>= 16.8.0 and <= 16.8.3
gitlaball versions
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Scoring & Timeline

6.7
MEDIUM · CVSS v3.1 · cve@gitlab.com
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Attack Vector
Network Adjacent Local Physical
Attack Complexity
Low High
Privileges Required
None Low High
User Interaction
None Required
Scope
Unchanged Changed
Confidentiality
None Low High
Integrity
None Low High
Availability
None Low High
Published to NVD22 Feb 2024 · 12:15 AM
CVSS VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L
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Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
total
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Vendor Advisories

1
gitlab-securitypatch-release-gitlab-16-9-1-released
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References & Sources

2
Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/433463Permissions Required
https://hackerone.com/reports/2270898Permissions Required
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