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 permission…

EPSS: 0.004 (29.3th 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.