CVE-2024-6678
CRITICAL 9.9 ALL-YEARSAn issue was discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions starting from 8.14 prior to 17.1.7, starting from 17.2 prior to 17.2.5, and starting from 17.3 prior to 17.3.2, which allows an attacker to trigger a pipeline as an arbitrary user under certain circumstances.
Severe if exploited (CVSS 9.9), but no confirmed exploitation. Patch on a normal cadence.
Exploitation likelihood
2.0%chance of exploitation in 30 days · 81st percentile
Impact if exploited
9.9CVSS 3.1 · CRITICAL · CNA
- ConfidentialityHigh
- IntegrityHigh
- AvailabilityHigh
What an attacker needs
- ✓Access: Reachable over the network — no local access needed
- ⚠Privileges: Requires a low-privilege account
- ✓User interaction: No user interaction needed
- ✓Complexity: No special conditions — reliably repeatable
✓ lowers the bar for an attacker · ⚠ raises it
Proof of concept
No public PoC is currently catalogued.
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Data snapshot:
Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-290: : Authentication Bypass by Spoofing
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
References and research data (JSON)
Unverified PoC candidates
Catalogue matches for further research. These repositories have not been validated as working exploits.
1 candidate
- https://github.com/FaLLenSKiLL1/CVE-2024-6678
PoC for CVE-2024-6678
PoC-in-GitHub · CVE-2024-6678
PoC-in-GitHub · CVE-2024-6678 · Updated 2026-10-17T14:41:59Z
Known Affected Software Configurations
| Vendor | Product | Version range |
|---|---|---|
| Gitlab | Gitlab | ≥ 8.14.0 and < 17.1.7 |
| Gitlab | Gitlab | ≥ 8.14.0 and < 17.1.7 |
| Gitlab | Gitlab | ≥ 17.2.0 and < 17.2.5 |
| Gitlab | Gitlab | ≥ 17.2.0 and < 17.2.5 |
| Gitlab | Gitlab | ≥ 17.3.0 and < 17.3.2 |
| Gitlab | Gitlab | ≥ 17.3.0 and < 17.3.2 |
All CVSS metrics
- CRITICAL 9.9 v3.1 · CNA Primary
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H - CRITICAL 9.9 v3.1 · NVD Secondary
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H - HIGH 8.8 v3.1 · NVD Primary
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
References
Exploit-tagged references (not proof of a PoC)
- https://hackerone.com/reports/2595495 CVE record · GitLab · Updated 2024-09-12T18:26:33.060Z
NVD · CVE-2024-6678 · Updated 2026-06-17T08:18:28.123
Advisories
- https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2024-47729 EUVD · EUVD-2024-47729
Technical & other
- https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/471923 CVE record · GitLab · Updated 2024-09-12T18:26:33.060Z
NVD · CVE-2024-6678 · Updated 2026-06-17T08:18:28.123 - https://about.gitlab.com/releases/2024/09/11/patch-release-gitlab-17-3-2-released/CVE record · CVE · Updated 2024-09-13T14:17:37.029Z
NVD · CVE-2024-6678 · Updated 2026-06-17T08:18:28.123
Sources: NVD · CVE.org · All sources and attribution · EPSS