CVE-2023-5207

Exploitation

Assessed, none found. CISA's assessment recorded neither public exploit code nor evidence of exploitation when it was made.

SSVC decision

• ExploitationnoneCISA recorded no public exploit code and no evidence of exploitation.
• AutomatablenoAt least one step from reconnaissance to exploitation cannot be reliably automated.
• Technical ImpacttotalSuccessful exploitation gives total 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

1.24% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 68.5% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

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

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/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

Important. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.

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

2023-09-30 08:30Z3 YR AGO

Last updated

2026-08-14 04:13Z2 MO AGO

Reserved

2023-09-26

Assigning CNA

GitLab

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

High (CVSS 8.2)

CNA CVSS vector

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

Weaknesses

• CWE-250Execution with Unnecessary PrivilegesBase

Data version

5.2

Document digest

84ea3a0dbe5197cae07dc163ac910cf184faf6b0909f9a5ac70e3f9774a66eed

• gitlab.comGitLab Issue #425604https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/425604issue-tracking
• gitlab.comGitLab Issue #425857https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/425857issue-trackingpermissions-required
• hackerone.comHackerOne Bug Bounty Report #2174141https://hackerone.com/reports/2174141technical-descriptionexploitpermissions-requiredbroken-link