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CVE-2024-8970
Incorrect Authorization in GitLab
High8.2EPSS 0.68%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- GitLab
Description
An issue was discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions starting from 11.6 prior to 17.2.9, starting from 17.3 prior to 17.3.5, and starting from 17.4 prior to 17.4.2, which allows an attacker to trigger a pipeline as another user under certain circumstances.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| GitLabCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | High8.2 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N |
| NVDNVD · Analyzed | 3.1 | High8.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.68% · top 48% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: total
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 8.2.
Weakness
Affected products
What to do
Solution: Upgrade to versions 17.2.9, 17.3.5, 17.4.2 or above.
References (2)
- GitLab Issue #490916 (opens in a new tab)issue-trackingpermissions-required
- HackerOne Bug Bounty Report #2724948 (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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