SB2023092502 - Security restrictions bypass in GitLab Community Edition (CE) and Enterprise Edition (EE)
Published: September 25, 2023
Security Bulletin ID
SB2023092502
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Data manipulation
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Improper Privilege Management (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-5009)
The vulnerability allows a remote user to escalate privileges within the application.
The vulnerability exists due to improper privilege management caused by insufficient fix for #VU78878 (CVE-2023-3932). A remote user can run pipelines as an arbitrary user via scheduled security scan policies.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.