CVE-2023-2485

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Source
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-2485
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2023-2485.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2023-2485
Aliases
Downstream
Published
2023-06-07T00:00:00Z
Modified
2025-12-05T00:52:40.032294Z
Severity
  • 4.4 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N CVSS Calculator
Summary
Incorrect Privilege Assignment in GitLab
Details

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.

Database specific 
{
    "cwe_ids": [
        "CWE-266"
    ],
    "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/2xxx/CVE-2023-2485.json",
    "cna_assigner": "GitLab"
}
References

Affected packages

Git / gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab
Events
Introduced
e4567ef4362f4ef24a09112564b31dfe9044ea12
Fixed
9ec5f337f9fecb932051eca4d24744475f25870e
Database specific 
{
    "versions": [
        {
            "introduced": "14.1"
        },
        {
            "fixed": "15.10.8"
        }
    ]
}
Type
GIT
Repo
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab
Events
Introduced
4dce6bc3728f63bc9086ff3088cda7527f6f0bec
Fixed
a81364cc950ad7396dbe403a87bb398d52ca9994
Database specific 
{
    "versions": [
        {
            "introduced": "15.11"
        },
        {
            "fixed": "15.11.7"
        }
    ]
}
Type
GIT
Repo
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab
Events
Introduced
280a09dbca836a6eedf5da1e63953fe8da44bf4c
Fixed
a1daac1686c9dad556b2fa9324f107fb72eae066
Database specific 
{
    "versions": [
        {
            "introduced": "16.0"
        },
        {
            "fixed": "16.0.2"
        }
    ]
}

Affected versions

v15.*

v15.11.0-ee
v15.11.1-ee
v15.11.2-ee
v15.11.3-ee
v15.11.4-ee
v15.11.5-ee
v15.11.6-ee

v16.*

v16.0.0-ee
v16.0.1-ee