An issue has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions before 15.7.8, all versions starting from 15.8 before 15.8.4, all versions starting from 15.9 before 15.9.2. A malicious project Maintainer may create a Project Access Token with Owner level privileges using a crafted request.
Credits
Thanks [@shubham_sohi](https://hackerone.com/shubham_sohi,) for reporting this vulnerability through our HackerOne bug bounty program