High severity · published Sep 12, 2024
CVE-2024-8631
Privilege Defined With Unsafe Actions in GitLab
7.2
CVSS
0.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
A privilege escalation issue has been discovered in GitLab EE affecting all versions starting from 16.6 prior to 17.1.7, from 17.2 prior to 17.2.5, and from 17.3 prior to 17.3.2. A user assigned the Admin Group Member custom role could have escalated their privileges to include other custom roles.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
High
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.5% · higher than 44% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
GI
GitLab · GitLab
16.6 before 17.1.7; 17.2 before 17.2.5; 17.3 before 17.3.2 · source: vendor, NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-8631
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-8631
Broken Link
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/462665
Permissions Required
https://hackerone.com/reports/2478469
about.gitlab.com
https://about.gitlab.com/releases/2024/09/11/patch-release-gitlab-17-3-2-released/
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