CVE-2023-3915
MEDIUMGitLab EE <16.1.5-16.3.1 - Privilege Escalation
Title source: llmDescription
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.
Scores
CVSS v3
6.5
EPSS
0.0003
EPSS Percentile
9.7%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
Classification
CWE
CWE-279
CWE-732
Status
published
Affected Products (4)
gitlab/gitlab
< 16.1.5
gitlab/gitlab
< 16.1.5
gitlab/gitlab
gitlab/gitlab
Timeline
Published
Sep 01, 2023
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026