CVE-2024-7296 (GCVE-0-2024-7296)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-03-13 06:00 – Updated: 2025-03-14 13:43
VLAI?
Title
Incorrect Authorization in GitLab
Summary
An issue was discovered in GitLab EE affecting all versions from 16.5 prior to 17.7.7, 17.8 prior to 17.8.5, and 17.9 prior to 17.9.2 which allowed a user with a custom permission to approve pending membership requests beyond the maximum number of allowed users.
Severity ?
2.7 (Low)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
CWE
  • CWE-863 - Incorrect Authorization
Assigner
References
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/475056 issue-trackingpermissions-required
https://hackerone.com/reports/2602274 technical-descriptionexploitpermissions-required
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
GitLab GitLab Affected: 16.5 , < 17.7.7 (semver)
Affected: 17.8 , < 17.8.5 (semver)
Affected: 17.9 , < 17.9.2 (semver)
    cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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Credits
Thanks [ashish_r_padelkar](https://hackerone.com/ashish_r_padelkar) for reporting this vulnerability through our HackerOne bug bounty program
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