CVE-2024-8631 MEDIUM

CVE-2024-8631: Privilege Defined With Unsafe Actions in GitLab

Vendor Gitlab
Product GitLab
Weakness CWE-267
Published September 12, 2024
Last update September 13, 2024

CVSS base score

5.5/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required High
User interaction None
Confidentiality Low
Integrity High

CVSS vector

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

What the vulnerability does

01Description

A privilege escalation issue has been discovered in GitLab EE affecting all versions starting from 16.6 prior to 17.1.7, from 17.2 prior to 17.2.5, and from 17.3 prior to 17.3.2. A user assigned the Admin Group Member custom role could have escalated their privileges to include other custom roles.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

September 12, 2024 CVE published
September 13, 2024 Record updated