CVE-2023-5207

Execution with Unnecessary Privileges in GitLab

Severity Score

8.8

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

Track*

*SSVC

Descriptions

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.

Se descubrió una vulnerabilidad en GitLab CE y EE que afecta a todas las versiones desde 16.0 anteriores a 16.2.8, 16.3 anteriores a 16.3.5 y 16.4 anteriores a 16.4.1. Un atacante autenticado podría realizar una ejecución del pipeline arbitrario en el contexto de otro usuario.

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

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

High

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Changed

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

None

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:Track*

Exploitation

None

Automatable

Tech. Impact

Total

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2023-09-26 CVE Reserved
2023-09-30 CVE Published
2024-10-03 CVE Updated
2024-10-06 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-250: Execution with Unnecessary Privileges
CWE-284: Improper Access Control

CAPEC

References (1)

URL	Tag	Source
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/425604	Broken Link

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URL	Date	SRC

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Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Gitlab Search vendor "Gitlab"		Gitlab Search vendor "Gitlab" for product "Gitlab"				>= 16.0.0 < 16.2.8 Search vendor "Gitlab" for product "Gitlab" and version " >= 16.0.0 < 16.2.8"		community		Affected
Gitlab Search vendor "Gitlab"		Gitlab Search vendor "Gitlab" for product "Gitlab"				>= 16.0.0 < 16.2.8 Search vendor "Gitlab" for product "Gitlab" and version " >= 16.0.0 < 16.2.8"		enterprise		Affected
Gitlab Search vendor "Gitlab"		Gitlab Search vendor "Gitlab" for product "Gitlab"				>= 16.3.0 < 16.3.5 Search vendor "Gitlab" for product "Gitlab" and version " >= 16.3.0 < 16.3.5"		community		Affected
Gitlab Search vendor "Gitlab"		Gitlab Search vendor "Gitlab" for product "Gitlab"				>= 16.3.0 < 16.3.5 Search vendor "Gitlab" for product "Gitlab" and version " >= 16.3.0 < 16.3.5"		enterprise		Affected
Gitlab Search vendor "Gitlab"		Gitlab Search vendor "Gitlab" for product "Gitlab"				16.4.0 Search vendor "Gitlab" for product "Gitlab" and version "16.4.0"		community		Affected
Gitlab Search vendor "Gitlab"		Gitlab Search vendor "Gitlab" for product "Gitlab"				16.4.0 Search vendor "Gitlab" for product "Gitlab" and version "16.4.0"		enterprise		Affected