Vulnerability · Published Feb 21, 2024 · Assigned by GitLab

CVE-2024-1525Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel in GitLab

Medium 5.3

In plain English

A medium-severity authentication bypass in GitLab from GitLab. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.4% (higher than 39% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)5.3Medium

Exploit odds (30 days)0.4%top 60.8% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

An issue has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions starting from 16.1 before 16.7.6, all versions starting from 16.8 before 16.8.3, all versions starting from 16.9 before 16.9.1. Under some specialized conditions, an LDAP user may be able to reset their password using their verified secondary email address and sign-in using direct authentication with the reset password, bypassing LDAP.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
GitLab	GitLab	16.1 – before 16.7.616.8 – before 16.8.316.9 – before 16.9.1

Weakness: CWE-288 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

References

GitLab Issue #438144 issue-tracking