{"id":"BIT-gitlab-2023-6477","summary":"Incorrect Privilege Assignment in GitLab","details":"An issue has been discovered in GitLab EE affecting all versions starting from 16.5 before 16.7.6, all versions starting from 16.8 before 16.8.3, all versions starting from 16.9 before 16.9.1. When a user is assigned a custom role with admin_group_member permission, they may be able to make a group, other members or themselves Owners of that group, which may lead to privilege escalation.","aliases":["CVE-2023-6477"],"modified":"2025-05-20T10:02:07.006Z","published":"2024-03-06T10:54:47.087Z","database_specific":{"cpes":["cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:*","cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:16.9.0:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:*","cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"],"severity":"Medium"},"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/433463"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://hackerone.com/reports/2270898"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-6477"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"gitlab","ecosystem":"Bitnami","purl":"pkg:bitnami/gitlab"},"ranges":[{"type":"SEMVER","events":[{"introduced":"16.5.0"},{"fixed":"16.7.6"},{"introduced":"16.8.0"},{"fixed":"16.8.3"},{"introduced":"16.9.0"},{"fixed":"16.9.1"}]}],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/bitnami/vulndb/tree/main/data/gitlab/BIT-gitlab-2023-6477.json"},"severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L"}]}],"schema_version":"1.7.3"}