GitLab 11.6 < 17.2.9 / 17.3 < 17.3.5 / 17.4 < 17.4.2 (CVE-2024-8970)

high Nessus Plugin ID 208738

Synopsis

The version of GitLab installed on the remote host is affected by a vulnerability.

Description

The version of GitLab installed on the remote host is affected by a vulnerability, as follows:

- Gitlab reports: Run pipelines on arbitrary branches An attacker can impersonate arbitrary user SSRF in Analytics Dashboard Viewing diffs of MR with conflicts can be slow HTMLi in OAuth page Deploy Keys can push changes to an archived repository Guests can disclose project templates GitLab instance version disclosed to unauthorized users (CVE-2024-8970)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Upgrade to GitLab version 17.2.9, 17.3.5, 17.4.2 or later.

See Also

https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/490916

https://hackerone.com/reports/2724948

http://www.nessus.org/u?cd498e8f

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 208738

File Name: gitlab_cve-2024-8970.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: combined

Agent: unix

Family: CGI abuses

Published: 10/11/2024

Updated: 12/16/2024

Configuration: Enable thorough checks

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9

Temporal Score: 6.7

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-8970

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:gitlab:gitlab

Required KB Items: installed_sw/GitLab

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/11/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/10/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-8970

IAVA: 2024-A-0647-S