CVE-2023-5356 (GCVE-0-2023-5356)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2024-01-12 13:56
Modified
2025-05-22 04:09
Severity ?
7.3 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N
CWE
  • CWE-863 - Incorrect Authorization
Summary
Incorrect authorization checks in GitLab CE/EE from all versions starting from 8.13 before 16.5.6, all versions starting from 16.6 before 16.6.4, all versions starting from 16.7 before 16.7.2, allows a user to abuse slack/mattermost integrations to execute slash commands as another user.
References
cve@gitlab.comhttps://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/427154Broken Link
cve@gitlab.comhttps://hackerone.com/reports/2188868Permissions Required
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/427154Broken Link
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://hackerone.com/reports/2188868Permissions Required
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
GitLab GitLab Version: 8.13   ≤
Version: 16.6   ≤
Version: 16.7   ≤
    cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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