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CVE-2023-2485: Incorrect Privilege Assignment in GitLab

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.9 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2023-06-07 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-266

Description

An issue has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions starting from 14.1 before 15.10.8, all versions starting from 15.11 before 15.11.7, all versions starting from 16.0 before 16.0.2. A malicious maintainer in a project can escalate other users to Owners in that project if they import members from another project that those other users are Owners of.

Affected products

• GitLab: from 14.1.0 before 15.10.8; from 15.11.0 before 15.11.7; from 16.0.0 before 16.0.2 — fixed in 15.10.8, 15.11.7, 16.0.2

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: GitLab 15.10.8, 15.11.7, 16.0.2. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2023/CVE-2023-2485.json
• https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/407830
• https://hackerone.com/reports/1934811
• https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2023/CVE-2023-2485.json
• https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/407830
• https://hackerone.com/reports/1934811

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