Description
An issue has been discovered in GitLab EE affecting all versions starting from 13.12 before 16.0.8, all versions starting from 16.1 before 16.1.3, all versions starting from 16.2 before 16.2.2. It was possible for an attacker to run pipeline jobs as an arbitrary user via scheduled security scan policies.
Problem types
CWE-286: Incorrect User Management
Product status
13.12 (semver) before 16.0.8
16.1.0 (semver) before 16.1.3
16.2.0 (semver) before 16.2.2
Credits
Thanks [vaib25vicky](https://hackerone.com/vaib25vicky) for reporting this vulnerability through our HackerOne bug bounty program
References
gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/417594 (GitLab Issue #417594)
hackerone.com/reports/2057633 (HackerOne Bug Bounty Report #2057633)
gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/417594 (GitLab Issue #417594)
hackerone.com/reports/2057633 (HackerOne Bug Bounty Report #2057633)
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