CVSS 3.0
8.8 highCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HCVE-2016-4340
The impersonate feature in Gitlab 8.7.0, 8.6.0 through 8.6.7, 8.5.0 through 8.5.11, 8.4.0 through 8.4.9, 8.3.0 through 8.3.8, and 8.2.0 through 8.2.4 allows remote authenticated users to "log in" as any other user via unspecified vectors.
Severity
- EPSS
- 10% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 95% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
- CWE
- CWE-264
- Published
- Modified
- Record from
- the NVD, synced
Affected
- gitlab:gitlab
References
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/138368/GitLab-Impersonate-Privilege-Escalation.html
- https://about.gitlab.com/2016/05/02/cve-2016-4340-patches/
- https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/issues/15548
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40236/
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/138368/GitLab-Impersonate-Privilege-Escalation.html