CVE-2024-1299

Privilege Chaining in GitLab

Severity Score

6.5

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

Track*

*SSVC

Descriptions

A privilege escalation vulnerability was discovered in GitLab affecting versions 16.8 prior to 16.8.4 and 16.9 prior to 16.9.2. It was possible for a user with custom role of `manage_group_access_tokens` to rotate group access tokens with owner privileges.

Se descubrió una vulnerabilidad de escalada de privilegios en GitLab que afecta a las versiones 16.8 anteriores a 16.8.4 y 16.9 anteriores a 16.9.2. Era posible que un usuario con el rol personalizado `manage_group_access_tokens` rotara tokens de acceso de grupo con privilegios de propietario.

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

CVSS Scores

GitLab Inc.v3.1 6.5

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

High

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

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

2024-02-07 CVE Reserved
2024-03-07 CVE Published
2024-03-07 EPSS Updated
2024-10-03 CVE Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-268: Privilege Chaining
CWE-863: Incorrect Authorization

CAPEC

References (1)

URL	Tag	Source
https://about.gitlab.com/releases/2024/03/06/security-release-gitlab-16-9-2-released

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC

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"				>= 16.8.0 < 16.8.4 Search vendor "GitLab" for product "GitLab" and version " >= 16.8.0 < 16.8.4"		en		Affected
GitLab Search vendor "GitLab"		GitLab Search vendor "GitLab" for product "GitLab"				>= 16.9.0 < 16.9.2 Search vendor "GitLab" for product "GitLab" and version " >= 16.9.0 < 16.9.2"		en		Affected