CVE-2023-5009 CRITICAL

CVE-2023-5009: Incorrect Authorization in GitLab

Vendor Gitlab
Product GitLab
Weakness CWE-863 · Incorrect authorization
Published September 19, 2023
Last update May 2, 2026
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CVSS base score

9.6/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity High
Privileges required Low
User interaction None
Confidentiality High
Integrity High

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N

What the vulnerability does

01Description

An issue has been discovered in GitLab EE affecting all versions starting from 13.12 before 16.2.7, all versions starting from 16.3 before 16.3.4. It was possible for an attacker to run pipeline jobs as an arbitrary user via scheduled security scan policies. This was a bypass of [CVE-2023-3932](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-3932) showing additional impact.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

September 19, 2023 CVE published
May 2, 2026 Record updated