GitLab Community Edition/Enterprise Edition up to 17.6.4/17.7.3/17.8.1 Personal Access Token scopes allocation of resources

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as problematic has been detected in GitLab Community Edition and Enterprise Edition up to 17.6.4/17.7.3/17.8.1. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component Personal Access Token Handler. This manipulation of the argument scopes causes allocation of resources. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2024-12379. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. There is no exploit available. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in GitLab Community Edition and Enterprise Edition up to 17.6.4/17.7.3/17.8.1. It has been declared as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown functionality of the component Personal Access Token Handler. The manipulation of the argument scopes with an unknown input leads to a allocation of resources vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-770. The product allocates a reusable resource or group of resources on behalf of an actor without imposing any restrictions on the size or number of resources that can be allocated, in violation of the intended security policy for that actor. As an impact it is known to affect availability. The summary by CVE is:

A denial of service vulnerability in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 14.1 prior to 17.6.5, 17.7 prior to 17.7.4, and 17.8 prior to 17.8.2 allows an attacker to impact the availability of GitLab via unbounded symbol creation via the scopes parameter in a Personal Access Token.

The weakness was shared by sim4n6 as 508559. The advisory is shared at gitlab.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2024-12379 since 12/09/2024. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. Technical details are known, but no exploit is available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1499 for this issue.

Upgrading to version 17.6.5, 17.7.4 or 17.8.2 eliminates this vulnerability.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.4
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.3

VulDB Base Score: 4.3
VulDB Temp Score: 4.1
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Allocation of resources
CWE: CWE-770 / CWE-400 / CWE-404
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Community Edition/Enterprise Edition 17.6.5/17.7.4/17.8.2

Timelineinfo

12/09/2024 🔍
02/12/2025 +65 days 🔍
02/12/2025 +0 days 🔍
08/06/2025 +175 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: gitlab.com

Advisory: 508559
Researcher: sim4n6
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2024-12379 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2024-12379
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-295549

Entryinfo

Created: 02/12/2025 16:49
Updated: 08/06/2025 23:14
Changes: 02/12/2025 16:49 (67), 08/06/2025 23:14 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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