An issue has been discovered in GitLab EE affecting all versions starting from 16.5 before 16.7.6, all versions starting from 16.8 before 16.8.3, all versions starting from 16.9 before 16.9.1. When a user is assigned a custom role with admin_group_member permission, they may be able to make a group, other members or themselves Owners of that group, which may lead to privilege escalation.
Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2023-58710 An issue has been discovered in GitLab EE affecting all versions starting from 16.5 before 16.7.6, all versions starting from 16.8 before 16.8.3, all versions starting from 16.9 before 16.9.1. When a user is assigned a custom role with admin_group_member permission, they may be able to make a group, other members or themselves Owners of that group, which may lead to privilege escalation.
Fixes

Solution

Upgrade to versions 16.9.1, 16.8.3, 16.7.6 or above.


Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

History

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

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Metrics epss

{'score': 9e-05}

epss

{'score': 0.00012}


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

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Weaknesses CWE-269

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

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Title Improper Privilege Management in GitLab Incorrect Privilege Assignment in GitLab
Weaknesses CWE-266

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

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Thu, 29 Aug 2024 15:15:00 +0000

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CPEs cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitLab

Published:

Updated: 2025-05-22T04:10:19.569Z

Reserved: 2023-12-04T06:30:28.970Z

Link: CVE-2023-6477

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T08:28:21.814Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2024-02-22T00:15:51.533

Modified: 2024-11-21T08:43:55.820

Link: CVE-2023-6477

cve-icon Redhat

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

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