CVE-2023-6477

mediumpriority · track · 27EPSS 0.005 · 45 %ileDEEURUUS

grimoire priorityP3 · Track

Exploitable?

—

no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

0.53% (45th) EPSS

CVSS 6.7 · medium

Is it mine?

12 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 16.5 before 16.7.6, all versions starting from 16.8 before 16.8.3, all versions starting from 16.9 before 16.9.1. When a user is assigned a custom role with admin_group_member permission, they may be able to make a group, other members or themselves Owners of that group, which may lead to privilege escalation.

cvss

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

6.7

010

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

v3.16.7mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Lprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 1.2 · impact 5.5

v3.16.7mediumAV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Lsecondary · FSTEC (BDU) RU

v3.16.7mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Lsecondary · ENISA EU

v3.16.7mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Lsecondary · cve@gitlab.comexploitability 1.2 · impact 5.5

v3.16.1mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L/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-266USCWE-269USCWE-284US

affected products (12)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

GitLab GitLab16.5 → 16.7.6enisa_euvdEU
GitLab GitLab16.8 → 16.8.3enisa_euvdEU
GitLab GitLab16.9 → 16.9.1enisa_euvdEU
GitLab Inc. Gitlab≤ 16.7.6fstec_bduRU
GitLab Inc. Gitlab≤ 16.9.0fstec_bduRU
GitLab Inc. Gitlab16.8.0 → 16.8.3fstec_bduRU
gitlab gitlab16.5.0 → 16.7.6nvdUScpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gitlab gitlab16.8.0 → 16.8.3nvdUScpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gitlab gitlab= 16.9.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Bitnami gitlab16.5.0 → 16.7.6osvUSpkg:bitnami/gitlab
Bitnami gitlab16.8.0 → 16.8.3osvUSpkg:bitnami/gitlab
Bitnami gitlab16.9.0 → 16.9.1osvUSpkg:bitnami/gitlab

advisories (2)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

WID-SEC-W-2024-0460GitLab: Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2024-02-21csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein entfernter, authentifizierter Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in GitLab ausnutzen, um Sicherheitsmaßnahmen zu umgehen, einen Denial-of-Service-Zustand herbeizuführen, Dateien zu manipulieren, seine Privilegien zu erweitern oder einen Cross-Site-Scripting (XSS)-Angriff durchzuführen.
BIT-gitlab-2023-6477Incorrect Privilege Assignment in GitLab2024-03-06vendor · osvUS
An issue has been discovered in GitLab EE affecting all versions starting from 16.5 before 16.7.6, all versions starting from 16.8 before 16.8.3, all versions starting from 16.9 before 16.9.1. When a user is assigned a custom role with admin_group_member permission, they may be able to make a group, other members or themselves Owners of that group, which may lead to privilege escalation.

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 2024-02-22modified 2026-06-17

references (7)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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