Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in Gitlab Community Edition and GitLab Enterprise Edition - CVE-2023-4638

 

Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in Gitlab Community Edition and GitLab Enterprise Edition - CVE-2023-4638

Published: September 1, 2023


Vulnerability identifier: #VU80217
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 5.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2023-4638
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to compromise the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to improper permission validation. A remote user can fork a project outside of current group. 


Affected software

Gitlab Community Edition
GitLab Enterprise Edition

How to mitigate CVE-2023-4638

Install updates from vendor's website.

Gitlab Community Edition - addressed in versions 16.1.5, 16.2.5, 16.3.1
GitLab Enterprise Edition - addressed in versions 16.1.5, 16.2.5, 16.3.1

External References

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