CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2024-4024

Authentication Bypass by Assumed-Immutable Data

Published: Apr 25, 2024 | Modified: Dec 12, 2024
CVSS 3.x
8.8
HIGH
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.x
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
MEDIUM

An issue has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions starting from 7.8 before 16.9.6, all versions starting from 16.10 before 16.10.4, all versions starting from 16.11 before 16.11.1. Under certain conditions, an attacker with their Bitbucket account credentials may be able to take over a GitLab account linked to another users Bitbucket account, if Bitbucket is used as an OAuth 2.0 provider on GitLab.

Weakness

The authentication scheme or implementation uses key data elements that are assumed to be immutable, but can be controlled or modified by the attacker.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Gitlab Gitlab 7.8.0 (including) 16.9.6 (excluding)
Gitlab Gitlab 16.10.0 (including) 16.10.4 (excluding)
Gitlab Gitlab 16.11.0 (including) 16.11.0 (including)
Gitlab Ubuntu esm-apps/xenial *
Gitlab-agent Ubuntu mantic *

Potential Mitigations

References