What is CVE-2024-6356?

CVE-2024-6356 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Gitlab, classified under CWE-286. CVSS score: 4.4/10. Published 2025-02-05.

How severe is CVE-2024-6356?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.4 out of 10.

Is CVE-2024-6356 known to be exploited?

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

Vulnerability in Gitlab

CVE-2024-6356

An issue was discovered in GitLab EE affecting all versions starting from 16.0 prior to 17.0.6, starting from 17.1 prior to 17.1.4, and starting from 17.2 prior to 17.2.2, which allowed cross project access for Security policy bot.

EPSS: 0.000 (11.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.4 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Gitlab — versions 16.0, 17.1, 17.2

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-286

Public proof-of-concept exploits

fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds

References

GitLab Issue #469108 (issue-tracking, permissions-required)
HackerOne Bug Bounty Report #2575051 (technical-description, exploit, permissions-required)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-6356?: CVE-2024-6356 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Gitlab, classified under CWE-286. CVSS score: 4.4/10. Published 2025-02-05.
How severe is CVE-2024-6356?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.4 out of 10.
Is CVE-2024-6356 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.