Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in Gitlab Community Edition and GitLab Enterprise Edition - CVE-2023-2478

 

Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in Gitlab Community Edition and GitLab Enterprise Edition - CVE-2023-2478

Published: May 5, 2023


Vulnerability identifier: #VU75770
CSH Severity: High
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Amber
CVE-ID: CVE-2023-2478
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Gitlab Community Edition
GitLab Enterprise Edition
Software vendor:
GitLab, Inc

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote user to compromise any project on the instance.

The vulnerability exists due to improper implementation of access permission. Under certain conditions, any GitLab user account on the instance can use a GraphQL endpoint to attach a malicious runner to any project on the instance.


Remediation

Install updates from vendor's website.

External links