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GHSA-HMRG-Q92X-QW2X

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2023-12-18 00:30 – Updated: 2023-12-18 00:30

Details

A privilege escalation vulnerability in GitLab EE affecting all versions from 16.0 prior to 16.4.4, 16.5 prior to 16.5.4, and 16.6 prior to 16.6.2 allows a project Maintainer to use a Project Access Token to escalate their role to Owner

Severity ?

4.9 (Medium)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

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CVE-2023-3907 (GCVE-0-2023-3907)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-12-17 23:02 – Updated: 2025-11-20 04:08

Summary

Severity ?

4.9 (Medium)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

CWE

CWE-286 - Incorrect User Management

Assigner

GitLab

References

URL

Tags

	https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/418878	issue-tracking
	https://hackerone.com/reports/2058934	technical-descriptionexploitpermissions-required

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	GitLab	GitLab	Affected: 16.0 , < 16.4.4 (semver) Affected: 16.5 , < 16.5.4 (semver) Affected: 16.6 , < 16.6.2 (semver) cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab::::::::

Credits

Thanks [ashish_r_padelkar](https://hackerone.com/ashish_r_padelkar) for reporting this vulnerability through our HackerOne bug bounty program

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Sightings

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Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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GHSA-HMRG-Q92X-QW2X

CVE-2023-3907 (GCVE-0-2023-3907)

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