CVE-2021-22263

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Summary

CVECVE-2021-22263
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2021-10-11 17:15:00 UTC
Updated2021-10-18 19:37:00 UTC
DescriptionAn issue has been discovered in GitLab affecting all versions starting from 13.0 before 14.0.9, all versions starting from 14.1 before 14.1.4, all versions starting from 14.2 before 14.2.2. A user account with 'external' status which is granted 'Maintainer' role on any project on the GitLab instance where 'project tokens' are allowed may elevate its privilege to 'Internal' and access Internal projects.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-269

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Gitlab Gitlab All All All All
Application Gitlab Gitlab All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Privilege escalation of "external user" (with maintainer privilege) to internal access through project token (#331473) · Issues · GitLab.org / GitLab · GitLab MISC gitlab.com
HackerOne MISC hackerone.com
2021/CVE-2021-22263.json · master · GitLab.org / cves · GitLab CONFIRM gitlab.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Vendor Comments And Credit

Discovery Credit

LEGACY: Thanks @joaxcar for reporting this vulnerability through our HackerOne bug bounty program.

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