CVE-2023-6477
MEDIUMGitLab EE <16.7.6-16.8.3-16.9.1 - Privilege Escalation
Title source: llmDescription
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.
References (2)
Core 2
Core References
Permissions Required issue-tracking
permissions-required
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/433463
Permissions Required technical-description
exploit
permissions-required
https://hackerone.com/reports/2270898
Scores
CVSS v3
6.7
EPSS
0.0001
EPSS Percentile
2.0%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical Impact
total
Details
CWE
CWE-266
Status
published
Products (5)
gitlab/gitlab
16.9.0
GitLab/GitLab
16.5 - 16.7.6
gitlab/gitlab
16.5.0 - 16.7.6
GitLab/GitLab
16.8 - 16.8.3
GitLab/GitLab
16.9 - 16.9.1
Published
Feb 22, 2024
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026