CVE-2024-4784

Authentication Bypass by Primary Weakness in GitLab

Severity Score

4.2

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

Track

*SSVC

Descriptions

An issue was discovered in GitLab EE starting from version 16.7 before 17.0.6, version 17.1 before 17.1.4 and 17.2 before 17.2.2 that allowed bypassing the password re-entry requirement to approve a policy.

Se descubrió un problema en GitLab EE a partir de la versión 16.7 anterior a 17.0.6, la versión 17.1 anterior a 17.1.4 y la 17.2 anterior a 17.2.2 que permitía omitir el requisito de reingreso de contraseña para aprobar una política.

*Credits: Thanks [vexin](https://hackerone.com/vexin) for reporting this vulnerability through our HackerOne bug bounty program

CVSS Scores

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

High

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

Low

Availability

None

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

Low

Availability

None

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

Single

Confidentiality

Partial

Integrity

Partial

Availability

None

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:Track

Exploitation

None

Automatable

Tech. Impact

Partial

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2024-05-10 CVE Reserved
2024-08-08 CVE Published
2024-08-29 CVE Updated
2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-305: Authentication Bypass by Primary Weakness

CAPEC

References (0)

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Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
GitLab Search vendor "GitLab"		GitLab Search vendor "GitLab" for product "GitLab"				>= 16.7.0 < 17.0.6 Search vendor "GitLab" for product "GitLab" and version " >= 16.7.0 < 17.0.6"		en		Affected
GitLab Search vendor "GitLab"		GitLab Search vendor "GitLab" for product "GitLab"				>= 17.1.0 < 17.1.4 Search vendor "GitLab" for product "GitLab" and version " >= 17.1.0 < 17.1.4"		en		Affected
GitLab Search vendor "GitLab"		GitLab Search vendor "GitLab" for product "GitLab"				>= 17.2.0 < 17.2.2 Search vendor "GitLab" for product "GitLab" and version " >= 17.2.0 < 17.2.2"		en		Affected