What is CVE-2024-8179?

CVE-2024-8179 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Gitlab, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2024-12-12.

How severe is CVE-2024-8179?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.

Is CVE-2024-8179 known to be exploited?

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

XSS in Gitlab

CVE-2024-8179

An issue has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 17.3 before 17.4.6, 17.5 before 17.5.4, and 17.6 before 17.6.2. Improper output encoding could lead to XSS if CSP is not enabled.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.003 (23.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.4 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Gitlab — versions 17.6, 17.5, 17.3

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

Public proof-of-concept exploits

fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds

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-2024-8179?: CVE-2024-8179 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Gitlab, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2024-12-12.
How severe is CVE-2024-8179?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.
Is CVE-2024-8179 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.