What is CVE-2024-6502?

CVE-2024-6502 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Gitlab, classified under CWE-684. CVSS score: 5.7/10. Published 2024-08-22.

How severe is CVE-2024-6502?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.7 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Gitlab

CVE-2024-6502

An issue was discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions starting from 8.2 prior to 17.1.6 starting from 17.2 prior to 17.2.4, and starting from 17.3 prior to 17.3.1, which allows an attacker to create a branch with the same name as…

EPSS: 0.001 (21.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.7 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N.

Affected products

Gitlab — versions 8.2, 17.2, 17.3

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-684

References

GitLab Issue #470647 (issue-tracking, permissions-required)
HackerOne Bug Bounty Report #2574561 (technical-description, exploit, permissions-required)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-6502?: CVE-2024-6502 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Gitlab, classified under CWE-684. CVSS score: 5.7/10. Published 2024-08-22.
How severe is CVE-2024-6502?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.7 out of 10.