GitLab 16.8 < 16.8.2 (CVE-2024-1250)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 190344

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Synopsis

The version of GitLab installed on the remote host is affected by a vulnerability.

Description

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.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Upgrade to GitLab version 16.8.2 or later.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 190344

File Name: gitlab_cve-2024-1250.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: combined

Agent: unix

Family: CGI abuses

Published: 2/9/2024

Updated: 2/23/2024

Configuration: Enable thorough checks

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.7

Temporal Score: 5.7

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:M/C:C/I:C/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-1250

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:gitlab:gitlab

Required KB Items: installed_sw/GitLab

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/7/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/7/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-1250

IAVA: 2024-A-0078-S

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