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CVE-2014-8540

20
FAUCET Score

CVE-2014-8540 is a medium-severity vulnerability affecting GitLab versions 6.x and 7.x before 7.4.3. It allows authenticated guest users to modify ownership of arbitrary groups due to improper permission checks within the groups API. The attack vector is network-based with low complexity, and while it doesn't impact confidentiality or availability, it has a high impact on integrity. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 6.0.0, <= 6.9.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 7.0.0, < 7.4.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

6.5MEDIUM

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.15%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
80.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0215 is in the 92nd percentile among its peer group of 21,958 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

about.gitlab.com / 2014/10/30/gitlab-7-4-3-released
PatchVendor Advisory
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/98449
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
gitlab.com / gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/commit/a2dfff418bf2532ebb5aee88414107929b17eefd
Patch
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2014/10/31/2
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/70841
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry