GitLab Community Edition/Enterprise Edition up to 17.4.5/17.5.3/17.6.1 API Endpoint redirect

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as problematic has been reported in GitLab Community Edition and Enterprise Edition up to 17.4.5/17.5.3/17.6.1. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the component API Endpoint. Performing a manipulation results in redirect. This vulnerability is cataloged as CVE-2024-9387. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. There is no exploit available. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

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 classified as problematic. This affects an unknown code of the component API Endpoint. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a redirect vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-601. A web application accepts a user-controlled input that specifies a link to an external site, and uses that link in a Redirect. This simplifies phishing attacks. This is going to have an impact on integrity. The summary by CVE is:

An issue was discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 11.8 before 17.4.6, 17.5 before 17.5.4, and 17.6 before 17.6.2. An attacker could potentially perform an open redirect against a given releases API endpoint.

The weakness was shared by swiftee as 496659. It is possible to read the advisory at gitlab.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2024-9387 since 10/01/2024. The exploitability is told to be difficult. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1204.001 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 212688 (GitLab 11.8 < 17.4.6 / 17.5 < 17.5.4 / 17.6 < 17.6.2 (CVE-2024-9387)), 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 (212688). Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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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/

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