CVE-2023-3509 (GCVE-0-2023-3509)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-02-21 22:57 – Updated: 2025-11-20 04:07
VLAI?
Summary
An issue has been discovered in GitLab affecting all versions before 16.7.6, all versions starting from 16.8 before 16.8.3, all versions starting from 16.9 before 16.9.1. It was possible for group members with sub-maintainer role to change the title of privately accessible deploy keys associated with projects in the group.
Severity ?
3.7 (Low)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
CWE
  • CWE-863 - Incorrect Authorization
Assigner
References
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/416945 issue-tracking
https://hackerone.com/reports/2037814 technical-descriptionexploitpermissions-required
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
GitLab GitLab Affected: 0 , < 16.7.6 (semver)
Affected: 16.8 , < 16.8.3 (semver)
Affected: 16.9 , < 16.9.1 (semver)
    cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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Credits
Thanks [theluci](https://hackerone.com/theluci) for reporting this vulnerability through our HackerOne bug bounty program
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