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high 8.2

CVE-2023-5009 json

Incorrect Authorization in GitLab

published 3y ago modified 18d ago also BIT-gitlab-2023-5009 , EUVD-2023-57355

cvss
8.2
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
9.4%
EPSS 9.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 95%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

  • bitnami gitlab 16.2.7, 16.3.4
  • GitLab GitLab 16.2.7, 16.3.4

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CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
total
Assessed
last yr.

Exploit prediction

9.38% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 95% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-14).

Exploits and checks

  • hackerone.com https://hackerone.com/reports/2147126 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 8.2 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N
NVD 3.1 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
OSV 3.1 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
bitnami gitlab
>=13.12.0, <16.2.7
>=16.3.0, <16.3.4
16.2.7
16.3.4

Affected products

  • GitLab GitLab

Classification

Weakness
Technology feeds

References

Sources

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