CVE-2014-8540
The groups API in GitLab 6.x and 7.x before 7.4.3 allows remote authenticated guest users to...
The groups API in GitLab 6.x and 7.x before 7.4.3 allows remote authenticated guest users to modify ownership of arbitrary groups by leveraging improper permission checks.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
The groups API in GitLab 6.x and 7.x before 7.4.3 allows remote authenticated guest users to modify ownership of arbitrary groups by leveraging improper permission checks.
- Record
CVE-2014-8540- CVSS 3.0
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 4.0 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-264
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
The groups API in GitLab 6.x and 7.x before 7.4.3 allows remote authenticated guest users to modify ownership of arbitrary groups by leveraging improper permission checks.
- Record
CVE-2014-8540- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2014-8377 No score
The groups API in GitLab 6.x and 7.x before 7.4.3 allows remote authenticated guest users to modify ownership of arbitrary groups by leveraging improper permission checks.
- Record
EUVD-2014-8377- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-f2h5-25cx-h2f5
The groups API in GitLab 6.x and 7.x before 7.4.3 allows remote authenticated guest users to...
The groups API in GitLab 6.x and 7.x before 7.4.3 allows remote authenticated guest users to modify ownership of arbitrary groups by leveraging improper permission checks.
- Record
GHSA-f2h5-25cx-h2f5- CVSS 3.0
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2014-8540 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.5) in Gitlab, published January 5, 2018. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 2.15%, the 82nd percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/98449
securityfocus.com/bid/70841
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/10/31/2
gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/commit/a2dfff418bf2532ebb5aee88414107929b17eefd
about.gitlab.com/2014/10/30/gitlab-7-4-3-released
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-8540
github.com/advisories/GHSA-f2h5-25cx-h2f5