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CVE-2024-8631

Privilege Defined With Unsafe Actions in GitLab

Severity Score

5.5
*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

0
*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

-
*KEV

Decision

Track
*SSVC
Descriptions

A privilege escalation issue has been discovered in GitLab EE affecting all versions starting from 16.6 prior to 17.1.7, from 17.2 prior to 17.2.5, and from 17.3 prior to 17.3.2. A user assigned the Admin Group Member custom role could have escalated their privileges to include other custom roles.

*Credits: Thanks [chotebabume](https://hackerone.com/chotebabume) for reporting this vulnerability through our HackerOne bug bounty program
CVSS Scores
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
High
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
High
Availability
None
* Common Vulnerability Scoring System
SSVC
  • Decision:Track
Exploitation
None
Automatable
No
Tech. Impact
Partial
* Organization's Worst-case Scenario
Timeline
  • 2024-09-09 CVE Reserved
  • 2024-09-12 CVE Published
  • 2024-09-13 CVE Updated
  • 2024-09-15 EPSS Updated
  • ---------- Exploited in Wild
  • ---------- KEV Due Date
  • ---------- First Exploit
CWE
  • CWE-267: Privilege Defined With Unsafe Actions
CAPEC
References (0)
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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
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GitLab
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>= 16.6.0 < 17.1.7
Search vendor "GitLab" for product "GitLab" and version " >= 16.6.0 < 17.1.7"
en
Affected
GitLab
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GitLab
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>= 17.2.0 < 17.2.5
Search vendor "GitLab" for product "GitLab" and version " >= 17.2.0 < 17.2.5"
en
Affected
GitLab
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GitLab
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>= 17.3.0 < 17.3.2
Search vendor "GitLab" for product "GitLab" and version " >= 17.3.0 < 17.3.2"
en
Affected