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CVE-2024-8311 json

Improper Protection of Alternate Path in GitLab

published 2y ago modified 4mo ago also BIT-gitlab-2024-8311 , EUVD-2024-49082

cvss
6.5
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.6%
EPSS 0.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 49%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

An issue was discovered with pipeline execution policies in GitLab EE affecting all versions from 17.2 prior to 17.2.5, 17.3 prior to 17.3.2 which allows authenticated users to bypass variable overwrite protection via inclusion of a CI/CD template.

Patch / fix

  • bitnami gitlab 17.2.5, 17.3.2
  • GitLab GitLab 17.2.5, 17.3.2

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CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
2y ago

Exploit prediction

0.61% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 49% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-11).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
NVD 3.1 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
OSV 3.1 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
bitnami gitlab
>=17.2.0, <17.2.5
>=17.3.0, <17.3.2
17.2.5
17.3.2

Affected products

  • GitLab GitLab

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-424 Improper Protection of Alternate Path
Technology feeds

References

Sources

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