Privilege Chaining in GitLab

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  "id": "41e7fae468b20b3a0152d1bef853ee6b39dcc2bcbbe126882150a6945ea0c74b",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-1250",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "Privilege Chaining in GitLab",
    "summary": "An issue has been discovered in GitLab EE affecting all versions starting from 16.8 before 16.8.2. When a user is assigned a custom role with manage_group_access_tokens permission, they may be able to create group access tokens with Owner privileges, which may lead to privilege escalation.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2024-1250",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "medium",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2024-1250",
      "aliases": [
        "BIT-gitlab-2024-1250",
        "CVE-2024-1250"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "repo": "https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "1e912d57d5a8f1135f4d41e25469069790134d41"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "e3c23d67e9ce2f074cd79b753ef95291da459a93"
                }
              ],
              "database_specific": {
                "extracted_events": [
                  {
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "16.8"
                      },
                      {
                        "fixed": "16.8.2"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "AFFECTED_FIELD",
                    "strategy": "StandardRange"
                  },
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "16.8.0"
                      },
                      {
                        "fixed": "16.8.2"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_RANGE"
                  }
                ]
              }
            }
          ],
          "versions": [
            "v16.8.0-ee"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2024-1250.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-28T02:30:24.924145085Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2024/1xxx/CVE-2024-1250.json",
        "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-1250",
        "https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/439175"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {
        "cwe_ids": [
          "CWE-268"
        ],
        "cna_assigner": "GitLab",
        "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2024/1xxx/CVE-2024-1250.json"
      }
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2024-1250",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 491415,
  "published_at": "2024-02-12T20:47:44.401+00:00"
}