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Vulnerability from bitnami_vulndb

Published

2024-08-10 07:23

Modified

2025-05-20 10:02

Summary

Authentication Bypass by Primary Weakness in GitLab

Details

An issue was discovered in GitLab EE starting from version 16.7 before 17.0.6, version 17.1 before 17.1.4 and 17.2 before 17.2.2 that allowed bypassing the password re-entry requirement to approve a policy.

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        "ecosystem": "Bitnami",
        "name": "gitlab",
        "purl": "pkg:bitnami/gitlab"
      },
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          "events": [
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              "introduced": "16.7.0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "17.0.6"
            },
            {
              "introduced": "17.1.0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "17.1.4"
            },
            {
              "introduced": "17.2.0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "17.2.2"
            }
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        }
      ],
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          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N",
          "type": "CVSS_V3"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2024-4784"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cpes": [
      "cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
      "cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:*"
    ],
    "severity": "Medium"
  },
  "details": "An issue was discovered in GitLab EE starting from version 16.7 before 17.0.6, version 17.1 before 17.1.4 and 17.2 before 17.2.2 that allowed bypassing the password re-entry requirement to approve a policy.",
  "id": "BIT-gitlab-2024-4784",
  "modified": "2025-05-20T10:02:07.006Z",
  "published": "2024-08-10T07:23:52.701Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/461248"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://hackerone.com/reports/2486223"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-4784"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.5.0",
  "summary": "Authentication Bypass by Primary Weakness in GitLab"
}

CVE-2024-4784 (GCVE-0-2024-4784)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-08-08 10:02 – Updated: 2024-08-29 15:04

Title

Authentication Bypass by Primary Weakness in GitLab

Summary

Severity ?

4.2 (Medium)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

CWE

CWE-305 - Authentication Bypass by Primary Weakness

Assigner

GitLab

References

URL

Tags

	https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/461248	issue-trackingpermissions-required
	https://hackerone.com/reports/2486223	technical-descriptionexploitpermissions-required

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	GitLab	GitLab	Affected: 16.7 , < 17.0.6 (semver) Affected: 17.1 , < 17.1.4 (semver) Affected: 17.2 , < 17.2.2 (semver) cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab::::::::

Credits

Thanks [vexin](https://hackerone.com/vexin) for reporting this vulnerability through our HackerOne bug bounty program

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                  },
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                  }
                ],
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                "timestamp": "2024-08-08T14:12:19.684074Z",
                "version": "2.0.3"
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        "title": "CISA ADP Vulnrichment"
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            "cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
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          "repo": "git://git@gitlab.com:gitlab-org/gitlab.git",
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Sightings

Author	Source	Type	Date

Nomenclature

Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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CVE-2024-4784 (GCVE-0-2024-4784)

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