CVE-2024-1250 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

An issue has been discovered in GitLab EE affecting all versions starting from 16.8 before 16.8.2. When a user is assigned a custom role with manage_group_access_tokens permission, they may be able to create group access tokens with Owner privileges, which may lead to privilege escalation.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required High

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00015.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

Vendors	Products
Gitlab	Gitlab

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2024-17011	An issue has been discovered in GitLab EE affecting all versions starting from 16.8 before 16.8.2. When a user is assigned a custom role with manage_group_access_tokens permission, they may be able to create group access tokens with Owner privileges, which may lead to privilege escalation.

Fixes

Solution

Upgrade to versions 16.8.2 or above.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/439175

History

Wed, 07 May 2025 21:15:00 +0000

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

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

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Weaknesses	CWE-269

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

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Title	Improper Privilege Management in GitLab	Privilege Chaining in GitLab
Weaknesses		CWE-268

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

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
CPEs		cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab::::::::

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitLab

Published: 2024-02-12T20:47:44.401Z

Updated: 2025-05-07T20:54:41.881Z

Reserved: 2024-02-06T07:02:25.333Z

Link: CVE-2024-1250

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-01T18:33:25.356Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2024-02-12T21:15:08.313

Modified: 2024-11-21T08:50:09.347

Link: CVE-2024-1250

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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