Path traversal in Gitlab Community Edition and GitLab Enterprise Edition - CVE-2024-2434

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Path traversal in Gitlab Community Edition and GitLab Enterprise Edition - CVE-2024-2434

Published: April 25, 2024


Vulnerability identifier: #VU88983
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 7.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2024-2434
CWE-ID: CWE-22
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform directory traversal attacks.

The vulnerability exists due to input validation error when processing directory traversal sequences. A remote user can send a specially crafted HTTP request and read arbitrary files on the system, leading to denial of service (DoS) attack..


Affected software

Gitlab Community Edition
GitLab Enterprise Edition

How to mitigate CVE-2024-2434

Install update from vendor's website.

Gitlab Community Edition - addressed in versions 16.9.6, 16.10.4, 16.11.1
GitLab Enterprise Edition - addressed in versions 16.9.6, 16.10.4, 16.11.1

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