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high 8.2

CVE-2023-5207 json

Execution with Unnecessary Privileges in GitLab

published 3y ago modified 2mo ago also BIT-gitlab-2023-5207 , EUVD-2023-57538

cvss
8.2
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.2%
EPSS 1.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 69%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

A vulnerability was discovered in GitLab CE and EE affecting all versions starting 16.0 prior to 16.2.8, 16.3 prior to 16.3.5, and 16.4 prior to 16.4.1. An authenticated attacker could perform arbitrary pipeline execution under the context of another user.

Patch / fix

  • bitnami gitlab 16.2.8, 16.3.5, 16.4.1
  • GitLab GitLab 16.2.8, 16.3.5, 16.4.1

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Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2023-5207 updated cvss 8.2

gitlab: Improper Authorization for Pipeline Execution

  • Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4 openshift4/ose-console
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
total
Assessed
2y ago

Exploit prediction

1.24% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 69% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-14).

Exploits and checks

  • hackerone.com https://hackerone.com/reports/2174141 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 8.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
OSV 3.1 8.2 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
bitnami gitlab
>=16.0.0, <16.2.8
>=16.3.0, <16.3.5
>=16.4.0, <16.4.1
16.2.8
16.3.5
16.4.1

Affected products

  • GitLab GitLab

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-250 Execution with Unnecessary Privileges
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References

Sources

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