CVE-2014-8540
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2018-01-05 16:00
Modified
2024-08-06 13:18
Severity ?
Summary
The groups API in GitLab 6.x and 7.x before 7.4.3 allows remote authenticated guest users to modify ownership of arbitrary groups by leveraging improper permission checks.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/10/31/2Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70841Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cve@mitre.orghttps://about.gitlab.com/2014/10/30/gitlab-7-4-3-released/Patch, Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/98449Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cve@mitre.orghttps://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/commit/a2dfff418bf2532ebb5aee88414107929b17eefdPatch
Impacted products
n/an/a
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