CVE-2023-5009

criticalpriority · track · 42OT risk · elevatedEPSS 0.097 · 95 %ileDEEURUUS

grimoire priorityP2 · Scheduled

Exploitable?

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no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

9.65% (95th) EPSS

CVSS 9.8 · critical

Is it mine?

8 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

6 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

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.

cvss

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

9.8

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · high–critical · 8.2–9.8

v3.19.8criticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 3.9 · impact 5.9

v3.19.6criticalAV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:Nsecondary · FSTEC (BDU) RU

v3.19.6criticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:Nsecondary · ENISA EU

v3.18.2highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:Nsecondary · cve@gitlab.comexploitability 1.8 · impact 5.8

v3.19criticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/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-264USCWE-284USCWE-863US

affected products (8)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

GitLab GitLab13.12 → 16.2.7enisa_euvdEU
GitLab GitLab16.3 → 16.3.4enisa_euvdEU
GitLab Inc. Gitlab13.12 → 16.2.7fstec_bduRU
GitLab Inc. Gitlab16.3 → 16.3.4fstec_bduRU
gitlab gitlab13.12 → 16.2.7nvdUScpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gitlab gitlab16.3 → 16.3.4nvdUScpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Bitnami gitlab13.12.0 → 16.2.7osvUSpkg:bitnami/gitlab
Bitnami gitlab16.3.0 → 16.3.4osvUSpkg:bitnami/gitlab

advisories (2)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

WID-SEC-W-2023-2397GitLab: Schwachstelle ermöglicht Umgehen von SicherheitsvorkehrungenDeutsch2023-09-19csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein entfernter, authentisierter Angreifer kann eine Schwachstelle in GitLab ausnutzen, um Sicherheitsvorkehrungen zu umgehen.
BIT-gitlab-2023-5009Incorrect Authorization in GitLab2024-03-06vendor · osvUS
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.

also known as (4)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd fstec_bdu nvd osv cert_bund NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2023-09-19modified 2026-06-17

references (7)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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