#VU81077 Improper Privilege Management in Gitlab Community Edition and GitLab Enterprise Edition - CVE-2023-5009
Published: September 25, 2023
Vulnerability identifier: #VU81077
Vulnerability risk: Medium
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:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2023-5009
CWE-ID: CWE-269
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Gitlab Community Edition
GitLab Enterprise Edition
Gitlab Community Edition
GitLab Enterprise Edition
Software vendor:
GitLab, Inc
GitLab, Inc
Description
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 updates from vendor's website.