Medium (6.5) in gitlab gitlab. EPSS 0.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
An issue has been discovered in GitLab EE affecting all versions starting from 16.8 before 16.8.2. When a user is assigned a custom role with manage_group_access_tokens permission, they may be able to create group access tokens with Owner privileges, which may lead to privilege escalation.
Severity
CVSS 3.1
6.5 medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
EPSS
0.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 45% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)