Privilege Escalation Vulnerability in GitLab Products
CVE-2024-8114

8.8HIGH

Key Information:

Vendor
Gitlab
Status
Gitlab
Vendor
CVE Published:
26 November 2024

Badges

👾 Exploit Exists🟡 Public PoC

Summary

CVE-2024-8114 is a critical privilege escalation vulnerability found in GitLab Community Edition (CE) and Enterprise Edition (EE). This security flaw affects all GitLab versions from 8.12 up to, but not including, 17.4.5, as well as versions 17.5 prior to 17.5.3 and 17.6 up to 17.6.1. The vulnerability occurs when an attacker gains access to a user's Personal Access Token (PAT), enabling them to escalate privileges and potentially gain unauthorized access to sensitive functionalities and data within GitLab repositories. It is essential for users and administrators to immediately review their GitLab versions and apply available patches to mitigate this risk.

Affected Version(s)

GitLab 8.12 < 17.4.5

GitLab 17.5 < 17.5.3

GitLab 17.6 < 17.6.1

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-2024-8114 - Proof of Concept

References

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

  • 🟡

    Public PoC available

  • 👾

    Exploit known to exist

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Credit

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