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CVE-2023-3915 Details

Description

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.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/417664 CVEBroken Link
https://hackerone.com/reports/2040834 CVEPermissions Required
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/417664 [email protected]Broken Link
https://hackerone.com/reports/2040834 [email protected]Permissions Required

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-732Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource[email protected]
CWE-279Incorrect Execution-Assigned Permissions[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
gitlab gitlab
>= 16.1.0, < 16.1.5
>= 16.2, < 16.2.5
16.3.0

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:community:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:16.3.0:*:*:*:community:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:16.3.0:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

5 change records found show changes

QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2023-3915
NVD Published Date:
Sep 1, 2023
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 17, 2026
Source:
[email protected]
CVE-2023-3915 Details - Not Deferred