CVE-2024-1250Public exploitNetwork attack vector

Owner-level token creation via missing role restriction

Published Feb 12, 2024 · Updated Jun 2, 2026

Privilege escalation in GitLab EE 16.8 through 16.8.1 allows remote authenticated users to create Owner-level group access tokens. The UI and REST API token-creation paths fail to restrict the requested token role to the custom role's Guest base role. A user assigned that custom Guest role with manage_group_access_tokens can obtain an Owner token and access group resources with Owner privileges.

CVSS severity6.5
Medium
EPSS probability0.55%
Next 30 days · Sep 16, 2026
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
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Summary

What happened

Privilege escalation in GitLab EE 16.8 through 16.8.1 allows remote authenticated users to create Owner-level group access tokens. The UI and REST API token-creation paths fail to restrict the requested token role to the custom role's Guest base role. A user assigned that custom Guest role with manage_group_access_tokens can obtain an Owner token and access group resources with Owner privileges.

The record

CVE
CVE-2024-1250
Published
Feb 12, 2024
Updated
Jun 2, 2026
Vendor
GitLab
Product
GitLab
Classifications
CWE-268, T1078
Attack vector
network
Privileges
authenticated

Timeline

How it unfolded

  1. Feb 12, 2024CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
  2. Jun 2, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.

Exploitability

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Is a vulnerable build present?

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  1. Affected versionversion=16.8 <16.8.2

What conditions does exploitation require?

Attack vectornetwork
Required privilegesauthenticated

What is affected?

GitLab · GitLabversion=16.8 <16.8.2

Published CVSS scores

6.5GitLabCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

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Sep 9, 2026Sep 15, 2026
Latest reporting daySep 15, 2026
Latest daily unique IPsUnavailable
Prior 30-day averageUnavailable
SourceShadowserver honeypots (KEV)
Vectornetwork
Privilegesauthenticated
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
Public exploitPublished

Weakness, pattern, technique

CWE-268Privilege Chaining
T1078Valid Accounts

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