CVE-2023-5009

HIGH

Gitlab < 16.2.7 - Incorrect Authorization

Title source: rule

Description

An issue has been discovered in GitLab EE affecting all versions starting from 13.12 before 16.2.7, all versions starting from 16.3 before 16.3.4. It was possible for an attacker to run pipeline jobs as an arbitrary user via scheduled security scan policies. This was a bypass of [CVE-2023-3932](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-3932) showing additional impact.

References (2)

[Broken Link] https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/425304

[Permissions Required] https://hackerone.com/reports/2147126

Scores

CVSS v3 8.2

EPSS 0.0003

EPSS Percentile 6.7%

Attack Vector NETWORK

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N

Classification

CWE

CWE-863

Status published

Affected Products (1)

gitlab/gitlab < 16.2.7

Timeline

Published Sep 19, 2023

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026