A privilege escalation vulnerability in GitLab EE affecting all versions from 16.0 prior to 16.4.4, 16.5 prior to 16.5.4, and 16.6 prior to 16.6.2 allows a project Maintainer to use a Project Access Token to escalate their role to Owner
Weakness
The product does not properly manage a user within its environment.
Affected Software
| Name | Vendor | Start Version | End Version |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gitlab | Gitlab | 16.0.0 (including) | 16.4.4 (excluding) |
| Gitlab | Gitlab | 16.5 (including) | 16.5.4 (excluding) |
| Gitlab | Gitlab | 16.6 (including) | 16.6.2 (excluding) |
| Gitlab | Ubuntu | bionic | * |
| Gitlab | Ubuntu | esm-apps/xenial | * |
| Gitlab | Ubuntu | trusty | * |
| Gitlab | Ubuntu | xenial | * |