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.
| Software | From | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| gitlab / gitlab | 16.6.0 | 18.2.7 |
| gitlab / gitlab | 18.3.0 | 18.3.3 |
| gitlab / gitlab | 18.4.0 | 18.4.0.x |