GitLab Discovers Security Issue Allowing Denial of Service Attacks
CVE-2024-6826

6.5MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor
Gitlab
Status
Gitlab
Vendor
CVE Published:
24 October 2024

Badges

👾 Exploit Exists🟡 Public PoC

Summary

An issue has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 11.2 before 17.3.6, 17.4 before 17.4.3, and 17.5 before 17.5.1. A denial of service could occur via importing a malicious crafted XML manifest file.

Affected Version(s)

GitLab 11.2 < 17.3.6

GitLab 17.4 < 17.4.3

GitLab 17.5 < 17.5.1

Exploit Proof of Concept (PoC)

PoC code is written by security researchers to demonstrate the vulnerability can be exploited. PoC code is also a key component for weaponization which could lead to ransomware.

CVE-2024-6826 - Proof of Concept

References

https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/472928
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https://hackerone.com/reports/2571364
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CVSS V3.1

Score:
6.5
Severity:
MEDIUM
Confidentiality:
None
Integrity:
None
Availability:
None
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
Low
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • 🟡

    Public PoC available

  • 👾

    Exploit known to exist

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Credit

Thanks [a92847865](https://hackerone.com/a92847865) for reporting this vulnerability through our HackerOne bug bounty program
.