GitLab Community Edition/Enterprise Edition up to 17.4.5/17.5.3/17.6.1 Session Token privilege context switching

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in GitLab Community Edition and Enterprise Edition up to 17.4.5/17.5.3/17.6.1. It has been rated as problematic. Affected is an unknown function of the component Session Token Handler. The manipulation leads to privilege context switching. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2024-12570. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. No exploit is available. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in GitLab Community Edition and Enterprise Edition up to 17.4.5/17.5.3/17.6.1. This issue affects an unknown function of the component Session Token Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privilege context switching vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-270. The product does not properly manage privileges while it is switching between different contexts that have different privileges or spheres of control. Impacted is confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

An issue has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions starting from 13.7 prior to 17.4.6, from 17.5 prior to 17.5.4, and from 17.6 prior to 17.6.2. It may have been possible for an attacker with a victim's `CI_JOB_TOKEN` to obtain a GitLab session token belonging to the victim.

The weakness was published by yvvdwf as 494694. It is possible to read the advisory at gitlab.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2024-12570 since 12/12/2024. The exploitation is known to be difficult. The attack may be initiated remotely. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1068 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 212685 (GitLab 13.7 < 17.4.6 / 17.5 < 17.5.4 / 17.6 < 17.6.2 (CVE-2024-12570)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Upgrading to version 17.4.6, 17.5.4 or 17.6.2 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (212685). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

Productinfo

Type

• Bug Tracking Software

Vendor

• GitLab

Name

• Community Edition
• Enterprise Edition

Version

• 17.4.0
• 17.4.1
• 17.4.2
• 17.4.3
• 17.4.4
• 17.4.5
• 17.5.0
• 17.5.1
• 17.5.2
• 17.5.3
• 17.6.0
• 17.6.1

License

• open-source

Website

• Vendor: https://gitlab.com/

CPE 2.3info

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 4.9
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.8

VulDB Base Score: 3.1
VulDB Temp Score: 3.0
VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

CNA Base Score: 6.7
CNA Vector (GitLab): 🔍

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Privilege context switching
CWE: CWE-270 / CWE-266
CAPEC: 🔍
ATT&CK: 🔍

Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 212685
Nessus Name: GitLab 13.7 < 17.4.6 / 17.5 < 17.5.4 / 17.6 < 17.6.2 (CVE-2024-12570)

Threat Intelligenceinfo

Interest: 🔍
Active Actors: 🔍
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
Status: 🔍

0-Day Time: 🔍

Upgrade: Community Edition/Enterprise Edition 17.4.6/17.5.4/17.6.2

Timelineinfo

12/12/2024 🔍
12/12/2024 +0 days 🔍
12/12/2024 +0 days 🔍
07/12/2025 +211 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: gitlab.com

Advisory: 494694
Researcher: yvvdwf
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2024-12570 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2024-12570
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-288155

Entryinfo

Created: 12/12/2024 15:02
Updated: 07/12/2025 01:41
Changes: 12/12/2024 15:02 (66), 12/12/2024 16:50 (2), 07/12/2025 01:41 (1)
Complete: 🔍
Cache ID: 216::103

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