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CVE-2014-8540

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.5 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 2.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2018-01-05 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-264

Description

The groups API in GitLab 6.x and 7.x before 7.4.3 allows remote authenticated guest users to modify ownership of arbitrary groups by leveraging improper permission checks.

Affected products

• GitLab: from 6.0.0 through 6.9.2; from 7.0.0 before 7.4.3 — fixed in 7.4.3

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: GitLab 7.4.3. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/10/31/2
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70841
• https://about.gitlab.com/2014/10/30/gitlab-7-4-3-released/
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/98449
• https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/commit/a2dfff418bf2532ebb5aee88414107929b17eefd
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/10/31/2
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70841
• https://about.gitlab.com/2014/10/30/gitlab-7-4-3-released/
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/98449
• https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/commit/a2dfff418bf2532ebb5aee88414107929b17eefd

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