CVE-2024-1299: Privilege Chaining in GitLab

Severity: high (CVSS 8.1 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2024-03-07 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-268

Description

A privilege escalation vulnerability was discovered in GitLab affecting versions 16.8 prior to 16.8.4 and 16.9 prior to 16.9.2. It was possible for a user with custom role of `manage_group_access_tokens` to rotate group access tokens with owner privileges.

Affected products

GitLab: from 16.8.0 before 16.8.4; from 16.9.0 before 16.9.2 — fixed in 16.8.4, 16.9.2

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: GitLab 16.8.4, 16.9.2. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://about.gitlab.com/releases/2024/03/06/security-release-gitlab-16-9-2-released/
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/440745
https://hackerone.com/reports/2356976
https://about.gitlab.com/releases/2024/03/06/security-release-gitlab-16-9-2-released/
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/440745
https://hackerone.com/reports/2356976

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