GitLab CE/EE Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

CVE-2024-8114

8.8HIGH

Key Information

Vendor
Gitlab
Status
Gitlab
Vendor
CVE Published:
26 November 2024

Summary

An issue has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 8.12 before 17.4.5, 17.5 before 17.5.3, and 17.6 before 17.6.1. This issue allows an attacker with access to a victim's Personal Access Token (PAT) to escalate privileges.

Affected Version(s)

GitLab < 17.4.5

GitLab < 17.5.3

GitLab < 17.6.1

Refferences

https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/480494
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https://hackerone.com/reports/2649822
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CVSS V3.1

Score:
8.8
Severity:
HIGH
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
High
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
Low
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Collectors

NVD DatabaseMitre Database

Credit

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