CVE-2023-3915

Exploitation

Public exploit code exists. CISA's assessment records a public proof of concept. That is not a report of exploitation in the wild.

SSVC decision

• ExploitationpocPublic proof-of-concept exploit code exists. Not a report of exploitation in the wild.
• AutomatablenoAt least one step from reconnaissance to exploitation cannot be reliably automated.
• Technical ImpactpartialSuccessful exploitation gives limited control of the vulnerable component.

CISA publishes the decision points, not a final SSVC decision. The decision also depends on mission and well-being impact, which is a property of your deployment rather than of the vulnerability.

EPSS probability

0.68% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 52.1% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

7.2 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

NVD analysis status

Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.

Red Hat severity

No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2023-09-01 10:01Z3 YR AGO

Last updated

2026-05-13 04:04Z5 MO AGO

Reserved

2023-07-25

Assigning CNA

GitLab

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Medium (CVSS 6.5)

CNA CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Weaknesses

• CWE-279Incorrect Execution-Assigned PermissionsVariant
• CWE-732Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical ResourceClass

Data version

5.2

Document digest

cff5796867eede04a2d4198557c523c3b1d581f5576a0c220a1e736c734c79d7

• gitlab.comGitLab Issue #417664https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/417664issue-trackingpermissions-required
• hackerone.comHackerOne Bug Bounty Report #2040834https://hackerone.com/reports/2040834technical-descriptionexploitpermissions-required