CVE-2024-8970
highpriority · track · 35OT risk · elevatedEPSS 0.007 · 52 %ileDEEUNLRUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
An issue was discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions starting from 11.6 prior to 17.2.9, starting from 17.3 prior to 17.3.5, and starting from 17.4 prior to 17.4.2, which allows an attacker to trigger a pipeline as another user under certain circumstances.
cvss
Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode
ssvc
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weaknesses
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affected products (21)
Products and version ranges known to be affected.
- open_source_gitlab__17.2.9all versionsncsc_nlNLcpe:2.3:a:open_source:open_source_gitlab__17.2.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- open_source_gitlab__17.3.5all versionsncsc_nlNLcpe:2.3:a:open_source:open_source_gitlab__17.3.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- open_source_gitlab__17.4.2all versionsncsc_nlNLcpe:2.3:a:open_source:open_source_gitlab__17.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
advisories (3)
Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.
- NCSC-2024-0406Kwetsbaarheden verholpen in Gitlab Enterprise Edition en Community EditionNL2024-10-11csaf · ncsc_nlNL
GitLab heeft kwetsbaarheden verholpen in Enterprise Edition (EE) en Community Edition (CE).
- WID-SEC-W-2024-3136GitLab: Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2024-10-09csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein entfernter, authentisierter oder anonymer Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in GitLab ausnutzen, um erhöhte Berechtigungen zu erlangen, Sicherheitsmaßnahmen zu umgehen, einen Denial-of-Service-Zustand zu erzeugen, einen Cross-Site-Scripting-Angriff durchzuführen, Daten zu manipulieren und vertrauliche Informationen offenzulegen.
- BIT-gitlab-2024-8970Incorrect Authorization in GitLab2024-10-15vendor · osvUS
An issue was discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions starting from 11.6 prior to 17.2.9, starting from 17.3 prior to 17.3.5, and starting from 17.4 prior to 17.4.2, which allows an attacker to trigger a pipeline as another user under certain circumstances.
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sources
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references (9)
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- https://about.gitlab.com/Patchcnnvd
- https://cxsecurity.com/cveshow/CVE-2024-8970/cnnvd
- https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/490916cnnvd
- https://hackerone.com/reports/2724948cnnvd
- https://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/GitLab-CE-EE-multiple-vulnerabilities-dated-10-10-2024-45360cnnvd
- https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/490916enisa_euvd
- https://hackerone.com/reports/2724948enisa_euvd
- https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/490916Broken Linknvd
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