Vulnerability · Published Jan 9, 2025 · Assigned by GitLab

CVE-2024-13041Incorrect User Management in GitLab

Medium 4.2

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 0.3% (higher than 23% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)4.2Medium

Exploit odds (30 days)0.3%top 77.0% 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 16.4 prior to 17.5.5, starting from 17.6 prior to 17.6.3, and starting from 17.7 prior to 17.7.1. When a user is created via the SAML provider, the external groups setting overrides the external provider configuration. As a result, the user may not be marked as external thereby giving those users access to internal projects or groups.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
GitLab	GitLab	16.4 – before 17.5.517.6 – before 17.6.317.7 – before 17.7.1

Weakness: CWE-286 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

References

GitLab Issue #479165 issue-tracking, permissions-required
https://about.gitlab.com/releases/2025/01/08/patch-release-gitlab-17-7-1-released/#instance-saml-does-not-respect-external_provider-configuration