VDB-231037 · CVE-2023-2485 · Issue 407830

GitLab Community Edition/Enterprise Edition Member Import privileges management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as problematic has been detected in GitLab Community Edition and Enterprise Edition. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component Member Import Handler. This manipulation causes an unknown weakness. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2023-2485. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in GitLab Community Edition and Enterprise Edition (Bug Tracking Software) (affected version not known). It has been declared as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown functionality of the component Member Import Handler. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-269. The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor. As an impact it is known to affect integrity. The summary by CVE is:

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.

The weakness was disclosed 06/07/2023 as 407830. The advisory is shared at gitlab.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2023-2485 since 05/02/2023. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1068 for this issue.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2023-33969). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

Productinfo

Type

Bug Tracking Software

Vendor

GitLab

Name

License

open-source

Website

Vendor: https://gitlab.com/

CPE 2.3info

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CPE 2.2info

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CVSSv4info

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 3.8
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 3.8

VulDB Base Score: 2.2
VulDB Temp Score: 2.1
VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

NVD Base Score: 4.9
NVD Vector: 🔍

CNA Base Score: 4.4
CNA Vector (GitLab Inc.): 🔍

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Privileges management
CWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
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ATT&CK: 🔍

Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Timelineinfo

05/02/2023 🔍
06/07/2023 +36 days 🔍
06/07/2023 +0 days 🔍
12/18/2025 +925 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: gitlab.com

Advisory: 407830
Status: Confirmed
Confirmation: 🔍

CVE: CVE-2023-2485 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2023-2485
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-231037
EUVD: 🔍

Entryinfo

Created: 06/07/2023 20:56
Updated: 12/18/2025 21:27
Changes: 06/07/2023 20:56 (49), 07/07/2023 06:33 (13), 12/18/2025 21:27 (16)
Complete: 🔍
Cache ID: 216::103

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