Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) in GitLab Enterprise Edition - CVE-2024-8977
Published: October 10, 2024
Vulnerability identifier: #VU98336
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 5.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:L/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2024-8977
CWE-ID: CWE-918
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The disclosed vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform SSRF attacks.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input in Analytics Dashboard. A remote user can send a specially crafted HTTP request and trick the application to initiate requests to arbitrary systems.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker gain access to sensitive data, located in the local network or send malicious requests to other servers from the vulnerable system.
Affected software
GitLab Enterprise Edition
How to mitigate CVE-2024-8977
Install updates from vendor's website.
GitLab Enterprise Edition - addressed in versions 17.2.9, 17.3.5, 17.4.2