Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Sep 1, 2023· Updated Nov 20, 2025
Incorrect Execution-Assigned Permissions in GitLab
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
3- Range: >= 16.1.0, < 16.1.5; >= 16.2.0, < 16.2.5; >= 16.3.0, < 16.3.1
Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
AI mechanics synthesis has not run for this CVE yet.
References
2- hackerone.com/reports/2040834mitretechnical-descriptionexploitpermissions-required
- gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/417664mitreissue-tracking
News mentions
1- GitLab Security Release: 16.3.1, 16.2.5, and 16.1.5GitLab Security Releases · Aug 31, 2023