GitLab Community Edition/Enterprise Edition up to 17.5.x unnecessary privileges

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as problematic has been reported in GitLab Community Edition and Enterprise Edition up to 17.5.x. This affects an unknown function. Performing a manipulation results in unnecessary privileges. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2024-8266. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in GitLab Community Edition and Enterprise Edition up to 17.5.x. This affects an unknown code. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a unnecessary privileges vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-250. The product performs an operation at a privilege level that is higher than the minimum level required, which creates new weaknesses or amplifies the consequences of other weaknesses. 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 starting from 17.1 prior to 17.6.0, which allows an attacker with maintainer role to trigger a pipeline as project owner under certain circumstances.

The weakness was disclosed by pwnie as 481531. The advisory is shared at gitlab.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2024-8266 since 08/28/2024. The exploitability is told to be difficult. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. Additional levels of successful authentication are required for exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1068 for this issue.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 253576 (Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2024-8266), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Upgrading to version 17.6.0 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (253576). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 4.4
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.4

VulDB Base Score: 2.2
VulDB Temp Score: 2.1
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CNA Base Score: 4.4
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Unnecessary privileges
CWE: CWE-250
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Nessus ID: 253576
Nessus Name: Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2024-8266

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Community Edition/Enterprise Edition 17.6.0

Timelineinfo

08/28/2024 🔍
02/13/2025 +169 days 🔍
02/13/2025 +0 days 🔍
08/22/2025 +190 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: gitlab.com

Advisory: 481531
Researcher: pwnie
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2024-8266 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2024-8266
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-295677

Entryinfo

Created: 02/13/2025 08:09
Updated: 08/22/2025 18:28
Changes: 02/13/2025 08:09 (65), 08/06/2025 22:18 (12), 08/22/2025 18:28 (2)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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