HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2024-2434

Gitlab vulnerability

CVSS
8.5
EPSS
22.9%
EPSS pct
98th
Exploited
No known
An issue has been discovered in GitLab affecting all versions of GitLab CE/EE 16.9 prior to 16.9.6, 16.10 prior to 16.10.4, and 16.11 prior to 16.11.1 where path traversal could lead to DoS and restricted file read.
Affected vendor
Gitlab
Affected product
Gitlab
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:H
Weakness type (CWE)
Published
2024-04-25

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring low privileges, no user interaction. Successful exploitation leads to low impact to confidentiality, high impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 22.9% reflects a moderate probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 98% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2024-2434

  • Confirm whether Gitlab Gitlab is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2024-2434.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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