CVE-2024-1250: Privilege Chaining in GitLab

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.5 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2024-02-12 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-268

Description

An issue has been discovered in GitLab EE affecting all versions starting from 16.8 before 16.8.2. When a user is assigned a custom role with manage_group_access_tokens permission, they may be able to create group access tokens with Owner privileges, which may lead to privilege escalation.

Affected products

GitLab: from 16.8.0 before 16.8.2 — fixed in 16.8.2

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: GitLab 16.8.2. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/439175
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/439175

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