CVE-2023-2485

mediumpriority · track · 20EPSS 0.008 · 57 %ileDEEUUS

grimoire priorityP3 · Track

Exploitable?

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no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

0.82% (57th) EPSS

CVSS 4.9 · medium

Is it mine?

9 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

5 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · nvd · osv

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

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.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

4.9

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode

v3.14.9mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:Nprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 1.2 · impact 3.6

v3.14.4mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:Nsecondary · ENISA EU

v3.14.4mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:Nsecondary · cve@gitlab.comexploitability 0.7 · impact 3.6

v3.14.5mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

ssvc

A stakeholder decision — act, attend, or track — from exploitation and impact.

Exploitation: poc · Automatable: no · Technical Impact: partialcoordinatorcisa_ssvcUS

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-266US

affected products (9)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

GitLab GitLab14.1, → 15.10.8enisa_euvdEU
GitLab GitLab15.11, → 15.11.7enisa_euvdEU
GitLab GitLab16.0, → 16.0.2enisa_euvdEU
gitlab gitlab14.1.0 → 15.10.8nvdUScpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gitlab gitlab15.11.0 → 15.11.7nvdUScpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gitlab gitlab16.0.0 → 16.0.2nvdUScpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Bitnami gitlab14.1.0 → 15.10.8osvUSpkg:bitnami/gitlab
Bitnami gitlab15.11.0 → 15.11.7osvUSpkg:bitnami/gitlab
Bitnami gitlab16.0.0 → 16.0.2osvUSpkg:bitnami/gitlab

advisories (2)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

WID-SEC-W-2023-1370GitLab: Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2023-06-05csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein entfernter, anonymer Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in GitLab ausnutzen, um seine Rechte zu erweitern, Sicherheitsmaßnahmen zu umgehen, vertrauliche Informationen offenzulegen, einen Denial-of-Service-Zustand zu verursachen, Daten zu manipulieren und einen Cross-Site-Scripting-Angriff durchzuführen.
BIT-gitlab-2023-2485Incorrect Privilege Assignment in GitLab2024-03-06vendor · osvUS
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.

also known as (3)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd nvd osv cert_bund NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2023-06-07modified 2026-06-17

references (11)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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