CVE-2023-3509 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity High

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.0003.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Gitlab	Gitlab

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:16.9.0:::::::*

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Fixes

Solution

Upgrade to versions 16.9.1, 16.8.3, 16.7.6 or above.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/416945
https://hackerone.com/reports/2037814

History

Sat, 12 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics	epss `{'score': 0.00022}`	epss `{'score': 0.0003}`

Thu, 03 Oct 2024 07:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Weaknesses	CWE-284

Thu, 03 Oct 2024 06:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Title	Improper Access Control in GitLab	Incorrect Authorization in GitLab
Weaknesses		CWE-863

Thu, 19 Sep 2024 02:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitLab

Published: 2024-02-21T22:57:15.488Z

Updated: 2025-05-22T04:06:38.534Z

Reserved: 2023-07-04T18:18:03.684Z

Link: CVE-2023-3509

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T06:55:03.388Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2024-02-21T23:15:08.223

Modified: 2024-11-21T08:17:25.230

Link: CVE-2023-3509

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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