CVE-2016-4340 describes a critical privilege escalation vulnerability in GitLab versions 8.2.0 through 8.7.0, and various sub-versions, where authenticated users can impersonate any other user, including administrators, through unspecified vectors. This flaw carries a CVSSv3 score of 8.8 (High), indicating a network-based attack with low privileges required, no user interaction, and high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not listed on the KEV catalog, an ExploitDB entry exists (EDB-40236), and the vulnerability garnered significant community discussion and media coverage at the time of its disclosure.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
8.2.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:8.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
8.2.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:8.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
8.2.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:8.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
8.2.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:8.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
8.2.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:8.2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.