CVE-2023-2182

8.8 highEPSS 1.0%

An issue has been discovered in GitLab EE affecting all versions starting from 15.10 before 15.10.5, all versions starting from 15.11 before 15.11.1. Under certain conditions when OpenID Connect is enabled on an instance, it may allow users who are marked as 'external' to become 'regular' users thus leading to privilege escalation for those users.

Severity

CVSS 3.1

8.8 high

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

EPSS: 1.0% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 63% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
Published: 2023-05-03
Modified: 2026-06-17
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

gitlab:gitlab

References

https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2023/CVE-2023-2182.json
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/403012
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2023/CVE-2023-2182.json
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/403012

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