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Medium severity6.5NVD Advisory· Published Sep 1, 2023· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2023-3915

CVE-2023-3915

Description

An issue has been discovered in GitLab EE affecting all versions starting from 16.1 before 16.1.5, all versions starting from 16.2 before 16.2.5, all versions starting from 16.3 before 16.3.1. If an external user is given an owner role on any group, that external user may escalate their privileges on the instance by creating a service account in that group. This service account is not classified as external and may be used to access internal projects.

Affected products

8
  • GitLab Inc./GitLabv56 versions
    cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 5 more
    • cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: 16.1
    • cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:community:*:*:*range: >=16.1.0,<16.1.5
    • cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:*range: >=16.1.0,<16.1.5
    • cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:16.3.0:*:*:*:community:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:16.3.0:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:*
    • (no CPE)range: starting from 16.1 before 16.1.5, starting from 16.2 before 16.2.5, starting from 16.3 before 16.3.1
  • GitLab Inc./gitlab-org/gitlab-eellm-fuzzy
    Range: starting from 16.1 before 16.1.5, starting from 16.2 before 16.2.5, starting from 16.3 before 16.3.1
  • osv-coords
    pkg:bitnami/gitlab
    Range: >= 16.1.0, < 16.1.5

Patches

Vulnerability mechanics

References

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News mentions

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