Vulnerability · Published Feb 13, 2025 · Assigned by GitLab
CVE-2024-8266Execution with Unnecessary Privileges in GitLab
Medium 4.4
In plain English
A medium-severity security flaw 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)4.4Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.4%top 60.9% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
An issue was discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions starting from 17.1 prior to 17.6.0, which allows an attacker with maintainer role to trigger a pipeline as project owner under certain circumstances.
Affected products (as reported)
Weakness: CWE-250 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
References
- GitLab Issue #481531 issue-tracking, permissions-required
- HackerOne Bug Bounty Report #2649798 technical-description, exploit, permissions-required