GitLab Community Edition/Enterprise Edition up to 16.11.5/17.0.3/17.1.1 incomplete comparison with missing factors

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability categorized as problematic has been discovered in GitLab Community Edition and Enterprise Edition up to 16.11.5/17.0.3/17.1.1. Affected is an unknown function. Such manipulation leads to incomplete comparison with missing factors. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2024-5528. The attack can be launched remotely. No exploit exists. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in GitLab Community Edition and Enterprise Edition up to 16.11.5/17.0.3/17.1.1. It has been rated as problematic. Affected by this issue is an unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a incomplete comparison with missing factors vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-1023. The product performs a comparison between entities that must consider multiple factors or characteristics of each entity, but the comparison does not include one or more of these factors. Impacted is integrity. CVE summarizes:

An issue was discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions prior to 16.11.6, starting from 17.0 prior to 17.0.4, and starting from 17.1 prior to 17.1.2, which allows a subdomain takeover in GitLab Pages.

The weakness was disclosed by fdeleite as 464558. The advisory is available at gitlab.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2024-5528 since 05/30/2024. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 253559 (Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2024-5528), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Upgrading to version 16.11.6, 17.0.4 or 17.1.2 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (253559). If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

Productinfo

Type

• Bug Tracking Software

Vendor

• GitLab

Name

• Community Edition
• Enterprise Edition

Version

• 16.11.0
• 16.11.1
• 16.11.2
• 16.11.3
• 16.11.4
• 16.11.5
• 17.0.0
• 17.0.1
• 17.0.2
• 17.0.3
• 17.1.0
• 17.1.1

License

• open-source

Website

• Vendor: https://gitlab.com/

CPE 2.3info

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CPE 2.2info

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CVSSv4info

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 4.1
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.1

VulDB Base Score: 3.5
VulDB Temp Score: 3.4
VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

NVD Base Score: 5.4
NVD Vector: 🔍

CNA Base Score: 3.5
CNA Vector (GitLab): 🔍

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Incomplete comparison with missing factors
CWE: CWE-1023
CAPEC: 🔍
ATT&CK: 🔍

Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 253559
Nessus Name: Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2024-5528

Threat Intelligenceinfo

Interest: 🔍
Active Actors: 🔍
Active APT Groups: 🔍

Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
Status: 🔍

0-Day Time: 🔍

Upgrade: Community Edition/Enterprise Edition 16.11.6/17.0.4/17.1.2

Timelineinfo

05/30/2024 🔍
02/05/2025 +251 days 🔍
02/05/2025 +0 days 🔍
08/22/2025 +198 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: gitlab.com

Advisory: 464558
Researcher: fdeleite
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2024-5528 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2024-5528
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-294722

Entryinfo

Created: 02/05/2025 12:28
Updated: 08/22/2025 22:14
Changes: 02/05/2025 12:28 (65), 08/06/2025 21:43 (12), 08/22/2025 22:14 (2)
Complete: 🔍
Cache ID: 216::103

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