CVE-2022-4331 (GCVE-0-2022-4331)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-03-09 00:00 – Updated: 2025-02-28 17:25
VLAI?
Summary
An issue has been discovered in GitLab EE affecting all versions starting from 15.1 before 15.7.8, all versions starting from 15.8 before 15.8.4, all versions starting from 15.9 before 15.9.2. If a group with SAML SSO enabled is transferred to a new namespace as a child group, it's possible previously removed malicious maintainer or owner of the child group can still gain access to the group via SSO or a SCIM token to perform actions on the group.
Severity ?
5.7 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
CWE
  • Improper access control in GitLab
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
GitLab GitLab Affected: >=15.1, <15.7.8
Affected: >=15.8, <15.8.4
Affected: >=15.9, <15.9.2
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Credits
Thanks [vaib25vicky](https://hackerone.com/vaib25vicky) for reporting this vulnerability through our HackerOne bug bounty program
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