CVE-2024-8124
HIGH 7.5 ALL-YEARSAn issue was discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions starting from 16.4 prior to 17.1.7, starting from 17.2 prior to 17.2.5, starting from 17.3 prior to 17.3.2 which could cause Denial of Service via sending a specific POST request.
40.2% modeled chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (99th percentile). Prioritize remediation.
Exploitation likelihood
40.2%chance of exploitation in 30 days · 99th percentile
Impact if exploited
7.5CVSS 3.1 · HIGH · CNA
- ConfidentialityNone
- IntegrityNone
- AvailabilityHigh
What an attacker needs
- ✓Access: Reachable over the network — no local access needed
- ✓Privileges: No account or privileges required
- ✓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-1333: : Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
References and research data (JSON)
Known Affected Software Configurations
| Vendor | Product | Version range |
|---|---|---|
| Gitlab | Gitlab | ≥ 16.4.0 and < 17.1.7 |
| Gitlab | Gitlab | ≥ 16.4.0 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
- HIGH 7.5 v3.1 · CNA Primary
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - HIGH 7.5 v3.1 · NVD Secondary
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
References
Exploit-tagged references (not proof of a PoC)
- https://hackerone.com/reports/2634880 CVE record · GitLab · Updated 2024-09-17T11:26:33.391Z
NVD · CVE-2024-8124 · Updated 2026-06-17T08:21:56.027
Advisories
- https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2024-48953 EUVD · EUVD-2024-48953
Technical & other
- https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/480533 CVE record · GitLab · Updated 2024-09-17T11:26:33.391Z
NVD · CVE-2024-8124 · Updated 2026-06-17T08:21:56.027 - https://about.gitlab.com/releases/2024/09/11/patch-release-gitlab-17-3-2-released/CVE record · CVE · Updated 2024-09-13T14:17:37.931Z
NVD · CVE-2024-8124 · Updated 2026-06-17T08:21:56.027
Sources: NVD · CVE.org · All sources and attribution · EPSS