Command Injection in GitLab Enterprise Edition - CVE-2024-8640

 

Command Injection in GitLab Enterprise Edition - CVE-2024-8640

Published: September 12, 2024


Vulnerability identifier: #VU97176
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 7.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2024-8640
CWE-ID: CWE-77
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to improper input validation in Product Analytics funnels YAML. A remote user can pass specially crafted data to the application and execute arbitrary commands on the target system.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.


Affected software

GitLab Enterprise Edition

How to mitigate CVE-2024-8640

Install updates from vendor's website.

GitLab Enterprise Edition - addressed in versions 17.1.7, 17.2.5, 17.3.2

External References

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