{"id":"CVE-2023-5009","title":"Incorrect Authorization in GitLab","summary":"An issue has been discovered in GitLab EE affecting all versions starting from 13.12 before 16.2.7, all versions starting from 16.3 before 16.3.4. It was possible for an attacker to run pipeline jobs as an arbitrary user via scheduled se…","severity":"high","cvss":8.2,"cvssVector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N","cvssSource":"cna","cwe":["CWE-863"],"vendor":"GitLab","product":"GitLab","affected":["GitLab >= 13.12 < 16.2.7","GitLab >= 16.3 < 16.3.4"],"ssvc":{"exploitation":"none","automatable":"no","technicalImpact":"total","timestamp":"2025-02-26T21:51:08.131679Z"},"published":"2023-09-19","updated":"2026-10-28","sourceUpdated":"2026-10-28T11:39:50.305Z","source":"CVEORG","sourceUrl":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-5009","references":[{"url":"https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/425304","label":"GitLab Issue #425304"},{"url":"https://hackerone.com/reports/2147126","label":"HackerOne Bug Bounty Report #2147126"}],"tags":["cve.org"],"epss":0.09651,"epssPercentile":0.95464,"ingestedAt":"2026-10-28T12:10:35.156Z","slug":"CVE-2023-5009","body":"## Overview\n\nAn issue has been discovered in GitLab EE affecting all versions starting from 13.12 before 16.2.7, all versions starting from 16.3 before 16.3.4. It was possible for an attacker to run pipeline jobs as an arbitrary user via scheduled security scan policies. This was a bypass of [CVE-2023-3932](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-3932) showing additional impact.\n\n## Affected\n\n- `GitLab >= 13.12 < 16.2.7`\n- `GitLab >= 16.3 < 16.3.4`\n\n## Remediation\n\nUpgrade to versions 16.2.7, 16.3.4 or above For those users unable to upgrade for those versions, you can mitigate the vulnerability by having at most one of those two features turned on at one time: - [Direct transfers](https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/administration/settings/import_and_export_settings.html#enable-migration-of-groups-and-projects-by-direct-transfer) - [Security policies](https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/user/application_security/policies/scan-execution-policies.html)","depth":"twilight","depthScore":47,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":45.1,"likelihood":1.9,"exploitation":0,"ransomware":0},"changes":[]}