What is CVE-2024-1299?

CVE-2024-1299 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Gitlab, classified under Privilege Chaining. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2024-03-07.

How severe is CVE-2024-1299?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Gitlab

CVE-2024-1299

A privilege escalation vulnerability was discovered in GitLab affecting versions 16.8 prior to 16.8.4 and 16.9 prior to 16.9.2. It was possible for a user with custom role of `manage_group_access_tokens` to rotate group access tokens with…

EPSS: 0.000 (6.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N.

Affected products

Gitlab — versions 16.8, 16.9

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-268 — Privilege Chaining

References

GitLab Issue #440745 (issue-tracking, permissions-required)
HackerOne Bug Bounty Report #2356976 (technical-description, exploit, permissions-required)
about.gitlab.com/releases/2024/03/06/security-release-gitlab-16-9-2-released/

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-1299?: CVE-2024-1299 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Gitlab, classified under Privilege Chaining. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2024-03-07.
How severe is CVE-2024-1299?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.