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CVE-2024-8116 (GCVE-0-2024-8116)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-12-16 04:31 – Updated: 2024-12-16 16:44
VLAI
Title
Incorrect Authorization in GitLab
Summary
An issue has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 16.9 before 17.4.6, 17.5 before 17.5.4, and 17.6 before 17.6.2. By using a specific GraphQL query, under specific conditions an unauthorized user can retrieve branch names.
Severity
5.3 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: yes Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2024-12-16 16:44 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-863 - Incorrect Authorization
Assigner
References
URL Tags
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/480509 issue-trackingpermissions-required
https://hackerone.com/reports/2666216 technical-descriptionexploitpermissions-required
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
GitLab GitLab Affected: 16.9 , < 17.4.6 (semver)
Affected: 17.5 , < 17.5.4 (semver)
Affected: 17.6 , < 17.6.2 (semver)
    cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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Credits
Thanks [shells3c](https://hackerone.com/shells3c) for reporting this vulnerability through our HackerOne bug bounty program
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