CVE-2023-6477 is a privilege escalation vulnerability in GitLab EE, affecting versions 16.5 through 16.7.5, 16.8 through 16.8.2, and 16.9 through 16.9.0. A user with a custom role including 'admin_group_member' permission can elevate themselves or other members to group Owners. This medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS 6.7) has a network attack vector and low attack complexity, potentially leading to high confidentiality and integrity impacts. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or inclusion in CISA's KEV catalog, though it has received some community discussion and media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 16.5, < 16.7.6CPE match | cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 16.8, < 16.8.3CPE match | cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 16.9, < 16.9.1CPE match | cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 16.5.0, < 16.7.6CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:* | ||
>= 16.8.0, <= 16.8.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L
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