Description
An issue has been discovered in GitLab EE affecting all versions from 16.6 before 18.2.7, 18.3 before 18.3.3, and 18.4 before 18.4.1. Project Maintainers can exploit a vulnerability where they can assign custom roles to users with permissions exceeding their own, effectively granting themselves elevated privileges.
Problem types
CWE-862: Missing Authorization
Product status
16.6 before 18.2.7
18.3 before 18.3.3
18.4 before 18.4.1
Credits
This vulnerability was discovered internally by a GitLab team member, [Diane Russel](https://gitlab.com/dlrussel).
References
gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/569482 (GitLab Issue #569482)
