An issue has been discovered in GitLab EE affecting all versions starting from 15.10 before 15.10.5, all versions starting from 15.11 before 15.11.1. Under certain conditions when OpenID Connect is enabled on an instance, it may allow users who are marked as external to become regular users thus leading to privilege escalation for those users.
Affected Software
| Name | Vendor | Start Version | End Version |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gitlab | Gitlab | 15.10.0 (including) | 15.10.5 (excluding) |
| Gitlab | Gitlab | 15.11.0 (including) | 15.11.0 (including) |