CVE-2023-2485

low-risk
Published 2023-06-07

An issue has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions starting from 14.1 before 15.10.8, all versions starting from 15.11 before 15.11.7, all versions starting from 16.0 before 16.0.2. A malicious maintainer in a project can escalate other users to Owners in that project if they import members from another project that those other users are Owners of.

Do I need to act?

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0.17% chance of exploitation
EPSS score — low exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
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CVSS 4.4/10 Medium
NETWORK / HIGH complexity

Affected Products (2)

Affected Vendors

Gitlab

References (6)

Vendor Advisory https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2023/CVE-2023-2485.json
Issue Tracking https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/407830
Permissions Required https://hackerone.com/reports/1934811
Vendor Advisory https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2023/CVE-2023-2485.json
Issue Tracking https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/407830
Permissions Required https://hackerone.com/reports/1934811
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low-risk
Severity 14/34 · Moderate
Exploitability 1/34 · Minimal
Exposure 7/34 · Low