#VU63939 Improper access control in Gitlab Community Edition and GitLab Enterprise Edition - CVE-2022-1783

 

#VU63939 Improper access control in Gitlab Community Edition and GitLab Enterprise Edition - CVE-2022-1783

Published: June 2, 2022


Vulnerability identifier: #VU63939
Vulnerability risk: Low
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2022-1783
CWE-ID: CWE-284
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 gain unauthorized access to otherwise restricted functionality.

The vulnerability exists due to group member lock bypass. A remote administrator can add new members to a project within their group, even after their group owner enabled a setting to prevent members from being added to projects within that group.


Remediation

Install updates from vendor's website.

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