Privilege Context Switching Error in GitLab
CVE-2024-8641

8.8HIGH

Key Information:

Vendor
Gitlab
Status
Gitlab
Vendor
CVE Published:
12 September 2024

Badges

👾 Exploit Exists

Summary

A security issue in GitLab CE and EE has been identified, where an attacker with access to a victim's CI_JOB_TOKEN could potentially retrieve the GitLab session token belonging to the victim. This vulnerability affects all versions from 13.7 before 17.1.7, from 17.2 before 17.2.5, and from 17.3 before 17.3.2. Steps are being taken to mitigate the risk associated with this vulnerability by implementing security patches and improving the overall security architecture.

Affected Version(s)

GitLab 13.7 < 17.1.7

GitLab 17.2 < 17.2.5

GitLab 17.3 < 17.3.2

References

https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/471954
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https://hackerone.com/reports/2595495
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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

Credit

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