Incorrect Privilege Assignment in GitLab

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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-2485",
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    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "Incorrect Privilege Assignment in GitLab",
    "summary": "An issue has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions starting from 14.1 before 15.10.8, all versions starting from 15.11 before 15.11.7, all versions starting from 16.0 before 16.0.2. A malicious maintainer in a project can escalate other users to Owners in that project if they import members from another project that those other users are Owners of.",
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    "severity": "medium",
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        "BIT-gitlab-2023-2485",
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              "repo": "https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab",
              "type": "GIT",
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            "v15.11.6-ee",
            "v15.11.5-ee",
            "v15.11.4-ee",
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      "modified": "2026-10-28T02:30:37.801650692Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2023/CVE-2023-2485.json",
        "https://hackerone.com/reports/1934811",
        "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/2xxx/CVE-2023-2485.json",
        "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-2485",
        "https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/407830"
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        "cwe_ids": [
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  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 505124,
  "published_at": "2023-06-07T00:00:00+00:00"
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