Vulnerability · Published Dec 5, 2025 · Assigned by GitLab
CVE-2024-9183Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition in GitLab
High 7.7
In plain English
A high-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 0.3% (higher than 17% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS 3.1)7.7High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.3%top 82.8% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 18.4 prior to 18.4.5, 18.5 prior to 18.5.3, and 18.6 prior to 18.6.1 that could have allowed an authenticated user to obtain credentials from higher-privileged users and perform actions in their context under specific conditions.
Affected products (as reported)
Weakness: CWE-367 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N
References
- GitLab Security Release Blog Post vendor-advisory
- GitLab Issue #494478 issue-tracking, permissions-required
- HackerOne Bug Bounty Report #2707421 technical-description, exploit, permissions-required