GitLab Community Edition/Enterprise Edition up to 18.0.5/18.1.3/18.2.1 privileges assignment

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in GitLab Community Edition and Enterprise Edition up to 18.0.5/18.1.3/18.2.1. Affected is an unknown function. This manipulation causes privileges assignment. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2024-12303. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in GitLab Community Edition and Enterprise Edition up to 18.0.5/18.1.3/18.2.1. It has been declared as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown processing. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges assignment vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-266. A product incorrectly assigns a privilege to a particular actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

An issue has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 17.7 before 18.0.6, 18.1 before 18.1.4, and 18.2 before 18.2.2 that under certain conditions could have allowed authenticated users with specific roles and permissions to delete issues including confidential ones by inviting users with a specific role.

The weakness was released by yuki_osaki as 508298. It is possible to read the advisory at gitlab.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2024-12303 since 12/06/2024. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation needs additional levels of successful authentication. 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 260063 (Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2024-12303), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Upgrading to version 18.0.6, 18.1.4 or 18.2.2 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (260063) and CERT Bund (WID-SEC-2025-1816). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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  • Open Source GitLab

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VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.6

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Privileges assignment
CWE: CWE-266
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Nessus ID: 260063
Nessus Name: Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2024-12303

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Community Edition/Enterprise Edition 18.0.6/18.1.4/18.2.2

Timelineinfo

12/06/2024 CVE reserved
08/13/2025 +249 days Advisory disclosed
08/13/2025 +0 days VulDB entry created
08/31/2025 +18 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: gitlab.com

Advisory: 508298
Researcher: yuki_osaki
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2024-12303 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2024-12303
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-320011
CERT Bund: WID-SEC-2025-1816 - GitLab: Mehrere Schwachstellen

Entryinfo

Created: 08/13/2025 20:43
Updated: 08/31/2025 23:01
Changes: 08/13/2025 20:43 (65), 08/13/2025 21:25 (7), 08/14/2025 15:31 (1), 08/16/2025 04:28 (10), 08/31/2025 23:01 (2)
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