GitLab Community Edition/Enterprise Edition up to 17.2.8/17.3.4/17.4.1 Pipeline authorization

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in GitLab Community Edition and Enterprise Edition up to 17.2.8/17.3.4/17.4.1. This impacts an unknown function of the component Pipeline Handler. Such manipulation leads to authorization. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2024-8970. The attack may be performed from remote. There is no available exploit. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in GitLab Community Edition and Enterprise Edition up to 17.2.8/17.3.4/17.4.1 and classified as problematic. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component Pipeline Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a authorization vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-863. The product performs an authorization check when an actor attempts to access a resource or perform an action, but it does not correctly perform the check. This allows attackers to bypass intended access restrictions. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

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.

The weakness was presented by yvvdwf as 490916. The advisory is available at gitlab.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2024-8970 since 09/18/2024. The exploitation is known to be difficult. The attack may be launched remotely. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 208738 (GitLab 11.6 < 17.2.9 / 17.3 < 17.3.5 / 17.4 < 17.4.2 (CVE-2024-8970)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Upgrading to version 17.2.9, 17.3.5 or 17.4.2 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (208738). If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.6
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.5

VulDB Base Score: 5.0
VulDB Temp Score: 4.8
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CNA Base Score: 8.2
CNA Vector (GitLab): 🔍

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Authorization
CWE: CWE-863 / CWE-285 / CWE-266
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ATT&CK: 🔍

Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 208738
Nessus Name: GitLab 11.6 < 17.2.9 / 17.3 < 17.3.5 / 17.4 < 17.4.2 (CVE-2024-8970)

Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
Status: 🔍

0-Day Time: 🔍

Upgrade: Community Edition/Enterprise Edition 17.2.9/17.3.5/17.4.2

Timelineinfo

09/18/2024 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: gitlab.com

Advisory: 490916
Researcher: yvvdwf
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2024-8970 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2024-8970
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-280058

Entryinfo

Created: 10/11/2024 16:18
Updated: 10/11/2024 23:32
Changes: 10/11/2024 16:18 (66), 10/11/2024 23:32 (2)
Complete: 🔍
Cache ID: 216::103

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