What is CVE-2024-12303?

CVE-2024-12303 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Gitlab, classified under Incorrect Privilege Assignment. CVSS score: 6.7/10. Published 2025-08-13.

How severe is CVE-2024-12303?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.7 out of 10.

Is CVE-2024-12303 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Privilege escalation in Gitlab

CVE-2024-12303

An issue has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 17.7 before 18.0.6, 18.1 before 18.1.4, and 18.2 before 18.2.2 that under certain conditions could have allowed authenticated users with specific roles and permissions to delete issues including confidential ones by inviting users with a specific role.

EPSS: 0.004 (32.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.7 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L.

Affected products

Gitlab — versions 17.7, 18.1, 18.2

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-266 — Incorrect Privilege Assignment

Public proof-of-concept exploits

ARPSyndicate/cve-scores

References

cve@gitlab.com (issue-tracking, permissions-required, Broken Link)
cve@gitlab.com (Permissions Required, technical-description, permissions-required, exploit)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-12303?: CVE-2024-12303 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Gitlab, classified under Incorrect Privilege Assignment. CVSS score: 6.7/10. Published 2025-08-13.
How severe is CVE-2024-12303?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.7 out of 10.
Is CVE-2024-12303 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.