CVE-2023-3907

highpriority · track · 35EPSS 0.007 · 52 %ileDEEUUS

grimoire priorityP2 · Scheduled

Exploitable?

—

no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

0.68% (52nd) EPSS

CVSS 8.8 · high

Is it mine?

9 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

5 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · nvd · osv

EPSS · scored 2026-10-26

A privilege escalation vulnerability in GitLab EE affecting all versions from 16.0 prior to 16.4.4, 16.5 prior to 16.5.4, and 16.6 prior to 16.6.2 allows a project Maintainer to use a Project Access Token to escalate their role to Owner

cvss

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

8.8

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 4.9–8.8

v3.18.8highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 2.8 · impact 5.9

v3.14.9mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:Nsecondary · ENISA EU

v3.14.9mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:Nsecondary · cve@gitlab.comexploitability 1.2 · impact 3.6

v3.18.1highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

ssvc

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

Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical Impact: totalcoordinatorcisa_ssvcUS

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-286US

affected products (9)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

GitLab GitLab16.0 → 16.4.4enisa_euvdEU
GitLab GitLab16.5 → 16.5.4enisa_euvdEU
GitLab GitLab16.6 → 16.6.2enisa_euvdEU
gitlab gitlab16.0.0 → 16.4.4nvdUScpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gitlab gitlab16.5 → 16.5.4nvdUScpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gitlab gitlab16.6 → 16.6.2nvdUScpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Bitnami gitlab16.0.0 → 16.4.4osvUSpkg:bitnami/gitlab
Bitnami gitlab16.5.0 → 16.5.4osvUSpkg:bitnami/gitlab
Bitnami gitlab16.6.0 → 16.6.2osvUSpkg:bitnami/gitlab

advisories (2)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

WID-SEC-W-2023-3153GitLab: Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2023-12-13csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein entfernter, authentisierter oder anonymer Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in GitLab ausnutzen, um seine Privilegien zu erweitern, einen Denial of Service zu verursachen, falsche Informationen darzustellen und Sicherheitsvorkehrungen zu umgehen.
BIT-gitlab-2023-3907Improper User Management in GitLab2024-03-06vendor · osvUS
A privilege escalation vulnerability in GitLab EE affecting all versions from 16.0 prior to 16.4.4, 16.5 prior to 16.5.4, and 16.6 prior to 16.6.2 allows a project Maintainer to use a Project Access Token to escalate their role to Owner

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 2023-12-17modified 2026-06-17

references (8)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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