Description
A privilege escalation issue has been discovered in GitLab EE affecting all versions starting from 16.6 prior to 17.1.7, from 17.2 prior to 17.2.5, and from 17.3 prior to 17.3.2. A user assigned the Admin Group Member custom role could have escalated their privileges to include other custom roles.
Scores
CVSS v3
5.5
EPSS
0.0002
EPSS Percentile
6.8%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:N
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical Impact
partial
Details
CWE
CWE-267
Status
published
Products (1)
gitlab/gitlab
16.6.0 - 17.1.7 (2 CPE variants)
Published
Sep 12, 2024
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026