CVE-2024-4784
Authentication Bypass by Primary Weakness in GitLab
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- GitLab
Description
An issue was discovered in GitLab EE starting from version 16.7 before 17.0.6, version 17.1 before 17.1.4 and 17.2 before 17.2.2 that allowed bypassing the password re-entry requirement to approve a policy.
Public exploit
A reference of the record is tagged as an exploit or proof of concept: anyone can try it against an unpatched system.
- HackerOne Bug Bounty Report #2486223 (opens in a new tab)technical-descriptionexploitpermissions-required
Timeline
ID reserved
By GitLab
- 3 months later
· 3 months later
Published
- 21 days later
· 21 days later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| GitLabCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | Medium4.2 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N |
| NVDNVD · Analyzed | 3.1 | Medium5.4 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.29% · top 78% of all CVEs (7 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.2.
Weakness
Affected products
What to do
Solution: Upgrade to versions 17.2.2, 17.1.4, 17.0.6 or above.
References (2)
- GitLab Issue #461248 (opens in a new tab)issue-trackingpermissions-required
- HackerOne Bug Bounty Report #2486223 (opens in a new tab)technical-descriptionexploitpermissions-required
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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[](https://trackcve.app/cve/CVE-2024-4784)Record last updated .