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Medium · 4.4 CVE-2023-2485 EUVD-2023-33969GHSA-g9jp-p8w6-7f2q

Incorrect Privilege Assignment in GitLab

Published Jun 7, 2023 · Updated Jan 7, 2025 · Assigned by GitLab

Description

An issue has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions starting from 14.1 before 15.10.8, all versions starting from 15.11 before 15.11.7, all versions starting from 16.0 before 16.0.2. A malicious maintainer in a project can escalate other users to Owners in that project if they import members from another project that those other users are Owners of.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
GitLab GitLab >=14.1, <15.10.8, >=15.11, <15.11.7, >=16.0, <16.0.2 —

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS gitlab No fix yet —

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