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Fencer Vulns
medium 4.4

CVE-2024-5258 json

Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key in GitLab

published 2024-05-23 2 y ago modified 2026-09-10 59 d ago also BIT-gitlab-2024-5258 , EUVD-2024-46496

cvss
4.4
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.3%
EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 20%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

An authorization vulnerability exists within GitLab from versions 16.10 before 16.10.6, 16.11 before 16.11.3, and 17.0 before 17.0.1 where an authenticated attacker could utilize a crafted naming convention to bypass pipeline authorization logic.

Patch / fix

  • bitnami gitlab 16.10.6, 16.11.3, 17.0.1
  • GitLab GitLab 16.10.6, 16.11.3, 17.0.1

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
2 y ago

Exploit prediction

0.28% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 20% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • gitlab.com https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/443254 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 4.4 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
NVD 3.1 4.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
OSV 3.1 4.4 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
bitnami gitlab
>=16.10.0, <16.10.6
>=16.11.0, <16.11.3
>=17.0.0, <17.0.1
16.10.6
16.11.3
17.0.1

Affected products

  • GitLab GitLab

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-639 Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key
  • CWE-863 Incorrect Authorization
Technology feeds

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.

CPEs and fixed versions use Anchore's correction of NVD's data: Added CPE configurations because not yet analyzed by NVD.