Incorrect Privilege Assignment in GitLab

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  "id": "53ac2371219a9eb60eb8087ef88f5cc26a74886cec57381cfa38696b91853783",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-6477",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "Incorrect Privilege Assignment in GitLab",
    "summary": "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.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2023-6477",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "medium",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2023-6477",
      "aliases": [
        "BIT-gitlab-2023-6477",
        "CVE-2023-6477"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "repo": "https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "fc87c9d4cca1536abcf902b4128f5c2004d87162"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "c8f3448a2f0cfb3c812fc4619e0f16bc3feb133b"
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                }
              ],
              "database_specific": {
                "extracted_events": [
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "16.5.0"
                      },
                      {
                        "fixed": "16.7.6"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_RANGE"
                  },
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "16.8.0"
                      },
                      {
                        "last_affected": "16.8.3"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_RANGE"
                  },
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:16.9.0:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "16.9.0"
                      },
                      {
                        "last_affected": "16.9.0"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_STRING"
                  }
                ]
              }
            }
          ],
          "versions": [
            "16.9.0",
            "v16.8.3-ee",
            "v16.9.0-ee",
            "v16.8.0-ee"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2023-6477.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-28T02:30:24.170421646Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/6xxx/CVE-2023-6477.json",
        "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-6477",
        "https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/433463",
        "https://hackerone.com/reports/2270898"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {
        "cwe_ids": [
          "CWE-266"
        ],
        "cna_assigner": "GitLab",
        "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/6xxx/CVE-2023-6477.json"
      }
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2023-6477",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 490431,
  "published_at": "2024-02-21T23:31:09.811+00:00"
}