Multiple vulnerabilities in GitLab Community Edition (CE) and Enterprise Edition (EE)

1) Security features bypass

EUVDB-ID: #VU95533

Risk: Medium

CVSSv3.1: 5 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2024-6329

CWE-ID: CWE-254 - Security Features

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to compromise the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to improper path encoding. A remote user can cause the web interface to fail to render the diff correctly when the path is encoded.

Mitigation

Install updates from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Gitlab Community Edition: 8.16.0 - 17.2.1

GitLab Enterprise Edition: 8.16.0 - 17.2.1

CPE2.3

External links

http://about.gitlab.com/releases/2024/08/07/patch-release-gitlab-17-2-2-released/

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote authenticated user via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.

2) Information disclosure

EUVDB-ID: #VU95545

Risk: Low

CVSSv3.1: 3.6 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2024-7586

CWE-ID: CWE-200 - Information exposure

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote user to gain access to potentially sensitive information.

The vulnerability exists due to webhook deletion audit log can preserve auth credentials. A remote administrator can gain unauthorized access to sensitive information on the system.

Mitigation

Install updates from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

GitLab Enterprise Edition: 17.0.0 - 17.2.1

CPE2.3

External links

http://about.gitlab.com/releases/2024/08/07/patch-release-gitlab-17-2-2-released/

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote authenticated privileged user via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.

3) Incorrect Regular Expression

EUVDB-ID: #VU95543

Risk: Low

CVSSv3.1: 3.8 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2024-3114

CWE-ID: CWE-185 - Incorrect Regular Expression

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient input validation when processing regular expressions within parsing git push. A remote user can pass specially crafted data to the application and perform regular expression denial of service (ReDos) attack.

Mitigation

Install updates from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Gitlab Community Edition: 11.10.0 - 17.2.1

GitLab Enterprise Edition: 11.10.0 - 17.2.1

CPE2.3

External links

http://about.gitlab.com/releases/2024/08/07/patch-release-gitlab-17-2-2-released/

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote authenticated user via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.

4) Improper access control

EUVDB-ID: #VU95538

Risk: Low

CVSSv3.1: 3.7 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2024-4784

CWE-ID: CWE-284 - Improper Access Control

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain unauthorized access to otherwise restricted functionality.

The vulnerability exists due to improper access restrictions. A remote user can bypass the password re-entry requirement to approve a policy.

Mitigation

Install updates from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

GitLab Enterprise Edition: 16.7.0 - 17.2.1

CPE2.3

External links

http://about.gitlab.com/releases/2024/08/07/patch-release-gitlab-17-2-2-released/

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote authenticated user via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.

5) Observable discrepancy

EUVDB-ID: #VU95537

Risk: Medium

CVSSv3.1: 4.6 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2024-3958

CWE-ID: CWE-203 - Observable discrepancy

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to compromise the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to ambiguous tag name exploitation. A remote attacker can abuse a discrepancy between the Web application display and the git command line interface to social engineer victims into cloning non-trusted code

Mitigation

Install updates from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Gitlab Community Edition: 0.1.5 - 17.2.1

GitLab Enterprise Edition: 12.0.10 - 17.2.1

CPE2.3

External links

http://about.gitlab.com/releases/2024/08/07/patch-release-gitlab-17-2-2-released/

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.

6) Cross-site scripting

EUVDB-ID: #VU95535

Risk: Low

CVSSv3.1: 4.7 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2024-4207

CWE-ID: CWE-79 - Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

Exploit availability: No

Description

The disclosed vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied data when viewing an XML file in a repository in raw mode. A remote user can trick the victim to follow a specially crafted link and execute arbitrary HTML and script code in user's browser in context of vulnerable website.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to steal potentially sensitive information, change appearance of the web page, perform phishing and drive-by-download attacks.

Mitigation

Install updates from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Gitlab Community Edition: 0.1.5 - 17.2.1

GitLab Enterprise Edition: 12.0.10 - 17.2.1

CPE2.3

External links

http://about.gitlab.com/releases/2024/08/07/patch-release-gitlab-17-2-2-released/

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote authenticated user via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.

7) Incorrect Regular Expression

EUVDB-ID: #VU95531

Risk: Medium

CVSSv3.1: 5.7 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2024-2800

CWE-ID: CWE-185 - Incorrect Regular Expression

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient input validation within RefMatcher when matching branch names using wildcards. A remote user can pass specially crafted data to the application and perform regular expression denial of service (ReDos) attack.

Mitigation

Install updates from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Gitlab Community Edition: 11.3 - 17.2.1

GitLab Enterprise Edition: 11.3.0 - 17.2.1

CPE2.3

External links

http://about.gitlab.com/releases/2024/08/07/patch-release-gitlab-17-2-2-released/

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote authenticated user via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.

8) Input validation error

EUVDB-ID: #VU95527

Risk: Medium

CVSSv3.1: 5.7 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2024-4210

CWE-ID: CWE-20 - Improper input validation

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input. A remote user can use specially crafted adoc files and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Mitigation

Install updates from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Gitlab Community Edition: 12.6.0 - 17.2.1

GitLab Enterprise Edition: 12.6.0 - 17.2.1

CPE2.3

External links

http://about.gitlab.com/releases/2024/08/07/patch-release-gitlab-17-2-2-released/

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote authenticated user via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.

9) Resource exhaustion

EUVDB-ID: #VU95523

Risk: Medium

CVSSv3.1: 5.7 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2024-5423

CWE-ID: CWE-400 - Resource exhaustion

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to application does not properly control consumption of internal resources within banzai pipeline. A remote user can trigger resource exhaustion and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Mitigation

Install updates from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Gitlab Community Edition: 0.1.5 - 17.2.1

GitLab Enterprise Edition: 6.2.0 - 17.2.1

CPE2.3

External links

http://about.gitlab.com/releases/2024/08/07/patch-release-gitlab-17-2-2-released/

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote authenticated user via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.

10) Improper access control

EUVDB-ID: #VU95522

Risk: Low

CVSSv3.1: 3.9 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2024-6356

CWE-ID: CWE-284 - Improper Access Control

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain unauthorized access to otherwise restricted functionality.

The vulnerability exists due to cross project access of Security policy bot. A remote user can bypass implemented security restrictions and gain unauthorized access to the application.

Mitigation

Install updates from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

GitLab Enterprise Edition: 16.0.0 - 17.2.1

CPE2.3

External links

http://about.gitlab.com/releases/2024/08/07/patch-release-gitlab-17-2-2-released/

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote authenticated user via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.

11) Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

EUVDB-ID: #VU95521

Risk: Medium

CVSSv3.1: 5.9 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2024-3035

CWE-ID: CWE-264 - Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote user to escalate privileges on the system.

The vulnerability exists due to the LFS tokens granting unrestricted repository access, which leads to security restrictions bypass and privilege escalation.

Mitigation

Install updates from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Gitlab Community Edition: 8.12 - 17.2.1

GitLab Enterprise Edition: 8.12.0 - 17.2.1

CPE2.3

External links

http://about.gitlab.com/releases/2024/08/07/patch-release-gitlab-17-2-2-released/

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote authenticated user via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.

12) Incorrect Regular Expression

EUVDB-ID: #VU95546

Risk: Low

CVSSv3.1: 3.8 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: N/A

CWE-ID: CWE-185 - Incorrect Regular Expression

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient input validation when processing regular expressions in highlight for code results. A remote user can pass specially crafted data to the application and perform regular expression denial of service (ReDos) attack.

Mitigation

Install updates from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Gitlab Community Edition: 15.9.0 - 17.2.1

GitLab Enterprise Edition: 15.9.0 - 17.2.1

CPE2.3

External links

http://about.gitlab.com/releases/2024/08/07/patch-release-gitlab-17-2-2-released/

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote authenticated user via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.

13) Information disclosure

EUVDB-ID: #VU95547

Risk: Low

CVSSv3.1: 4.3 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: N/A

CWE-ID: CWE-200 - Information exposure

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote user to gain access to potentially sensitive information.

The vulnerability exists due to logs disclosings potentially sensitive data in query params. A remote administrator can gain unauthorized access to sensitive information on the system.

Mitigation

Install updates from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Gitlab Community Edition: 13.9.0 - 17.2.1

GitLab Enterprise Edition: 13.9.0 - 17.2.1

CPE2.3

External links

http://about.gitlab.com/releases/2024/08/07/patch-release-gitlab-17-2-2-released/

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote authenticated privileged user via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.

Risk	Medium
Patch available	YES
Number of vulnerabilities	13
CVE-ID	CVE-2024-6329 CVE-2024-7586 CVE-2024-3114 CVE-2024-4784 CVE-2024-3958 CVE-2024-4207 CVE-2024-2800 CVE-2024-4210 CVE-2024-5423 CVE-2024-6356 CVE-2024-3035
CWE-ID	CWE-254 CWE-200 CWE-185 CWE-284 CWE-203 CWE-79 CWE-20 CWE-400 CWE-264
Exploitation vector	Network
Public exploit	N/A
Vulnerable software Subscribe	Gitlab Community Edition Universal components / Libraries / Software for developers GitLab Enterprise Edition Universal components / Libraries / Software for developers
Vendor	GitLab, Inc