Improper access control in GitLab Enterprise Edition and Gitlab Community Edition - CVE-2024-9633

 

Improper access control in GitLab Enterprise Edition and Gitlab Community Edition - CVE-2024-9633

Published: December 12, 2024


Vulnerability identifier: #VU101739
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 2.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2024-9633
CWE-ID: CWE-284
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain unauthorized access to otherwise restricted functionality.

The vulnerability exists due to the domain confusion issue in GitLab Pages Unique Domain Implementation. A remote user can create a group with a name matching an existing unique Pages domain, leading to domain confusion attacks.


Affected software

GitLab Enterprise Edition
Gitlab Community Edition

How to mitigate CVE-2024-9633

Install updates from vendor's website.

GitLab Enterprise Edition - addressed in versions 17.4.6, 17.5.4, 17.6.2
Gitlab Community Edition - addressed in versions 17.4.6, 17.5.4, 17.6.2

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