CVE-2024-8631

highpriority · track · 29EPSS 0.005 · 44 %ileDEEUNLUS

grimoire priorityP2 · Scheduled

Exploitable?

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no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

0.53% (44th) EPSS

CVSS 7.2 · high

Is it mine?

21 products

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Who says so?

6 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · cert_bund · ncsc_nl

EPSS · scored 2026-10-23

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

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

7.2

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 5.5–7.2

v3.17.2highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 1.2 · impact 5.9

v3.15.5mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:Nsecondary · ENISA EU

v3.15.5mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:Nsecondary · cve@gitlab.comexploitability 1.2 · impact 4.2

v3.16.6mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

v3.15.5mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:Nsecondary · NCSC-NL NL

ssvc

A stakeholder decision — act, attend, or track — from exploitation and impact.

Trackcoordinatorcisa_ssvcUS

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-267USCWE-267US

affected products (21)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

Open Source GitLab <17.1.7all versionscert_bundDE
Open Source GitLab <17.2.5all versionscert_bundDE
Open Source GitLab <17.3.2all versionscert_bundDE
Open Source GitLab< 17.1.7cert_bundDE
Open Source GitLab< 17.2.5cert_bundDE
Open Source GitLab< 17.3.2cert_bundDE
GitLab GitLab16.6 → 17.1.7enisa_euvdEU
GitLab GitLab17.2 → 17.2.5enisa_euvdEU
GitLab GitLab17.3 → 17.3.2enisa_euvdEU
gitlaball versionsncsc_nlNLcpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:16.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gitlaball versionsncsc_nlNLcpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:17.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gitlaball versionsncsc_nlNLcpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:17.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
open_source_gitlab__17.1.7all versionsncsc_nlNLcpe:2.3:a:open_source:open_source_gitlab__17.1.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
open_source_gitlab__17.2.5all versionsncsc_nlNLcpe:2.3:a:open_source:open_source_gitlab__17.2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
open_source_gitlab__17.3.2all versionsncsc_nlNLcpe:2.3:a:open_source:open_source_gitlab__17.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gitlab gitlab16.6.0 → 17.1.7nvdUScpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gitlab gitlab17.2.0 → 17.2.5nvdUScpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gitlab gitlab17.3.0 → 17.3.2nvdUScpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Bitnami gitlab16.6.0 → 17.1.7osvUSpkg:bitnami/gitlab
Bitnami gitlab17.2.0 → 17.2.5osvUSpkg:bitnami/gitlab

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advisories (3)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

NCSC-2024-0373Kwetsbaarheden verholpen in GitLab Enterprise Edition en Community EditionNL2024-09-13csaf · ncsc_nlNL
GitLab heeft kwetsbaarheden verholpen in Enterprise Edition (EE) en Community Edition (CE).
WID-SEC-W-2024-2130GitLab CE/EE: Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2024-09-11csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in GitLab ausnutzen, um Informationen offenzulegen, Sicherheitsmaßnahmen zu umgehen, Daten zu manipulieren, beliebigen Code auszuführen, erhöhte Rechte zu erlangen und einen Denial-of-Service-Zustand zu erzeugen.
BIT-gitlab-2024-8631Privilege Defined With Unsafe Actions in GitLab2024-09-14vendor · osvUS
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.

also known as (3)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd cert_bund ncsc_nl nvd osv NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2024-09-12modified 2026-06-17

references (10)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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