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CVE-2024-9596 (GCVE-0-2024-9596)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-10-10 10:02 – Updated: 2024-10-10 13:55
VLAI
Title
Inclusion of Sensitive Information in Source Code in GitLab
Summary
An issue has been discovered in GitLab EE affecting all versions starting from 16.6 prior to 17.2.9, from 17.3 prior to 17.3.5, and from 17.4 prior to 17.4.2. It was possible for an unauthenticated attacker to determine the GitLab version number for a GitLab instance.
Severity
3.7 (Low)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2024-10-10 13:54 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-540 - Inclusion of Sensitive Information in Source Code
Assigner
References
URL Tags
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/493355 issue-trackingpermissions-required
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
GitLab GitLab Affected: 16.6 , < 17.2.9 (semver)
Affected: 17.3 , < 17.3.5 (semver)
Affected: 17.4 , < 17.4.2 (semver)
    cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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Credits
This issue was discovered internally by GitLab team member [Paul Gascou-Vaillancourt](https://gitlab.com/pgascouvaillancourt)
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