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GHSA-M4HQ-98C3-4XMX

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2023-09-30 09:30 – Updated: 2024-04-04 07:59

Details

A vulnerability was discovered in GitLab CE and EE affecting all versions starting 16.0 prior to 16.2.8, 16.3 prior to 16.3.5, and 16.4 prior to 16.4.1. An authenticated attacker could perform arbitrary pipeline execution under the context of another user.

Severity ?

8.2 (High)


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

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  "modified": "2024-04-04T07:59:02Z",
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CVE-2023-5207 (GCVE-0-2023-5207)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-09-30 08:30 – Updated: 2025-11-20 04:10

Summary

Severity ?

8.2 (High)


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

CWE

CWE-250 - Execution with Unnecessary Privileges

Assigner

GitLab

References

URL

Tags

	https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/425604	issue-tracking
	https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/425857	issue-trackingpermissions-required
	https://hackerone.com/reports/2174141	technical-descriptionexploitpermissions-required

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	GitLab	GitLab	Affected: 16.4 , < 16.4.1 (semver) Affected: 16.3 , < 16.3.5 (semver) Affected: 16.0.0 , < 16.2.8 (semver) cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab::::::::

Credits

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

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Sightings

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Nomenclature

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-M4HQ-98C3-4XMX

CVE-2023-5207 (GCVE-0-2023-5207)

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