What is CVE-2024-8180?

CVE-2024-8180 is a medium-severity vulnerability in GitLab, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2024-11-14.

How severe is CVE-2024-8180?

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

XSS in GitLab

CVE-2024-8180

An issue has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 17.3 before 17.3.7, 17.4 before 17.4.4, and 17.5 before 17.5.2. Improper output encoding could lead to XSS if CSP is not enabled.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2024-11-14 · last modified 2026-06-17.

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.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.004 (27.2th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 27th percentile — 27.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.004 · change: 0.000

Affected products

GitLab — versions 17.3, 17.4, 17.5

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/480720 (issue-tracking, permissions-required, Broken Link)
hackerone.com/reports/2654010 (Permissions Required, technical-description, permissions-required, exploit)
about.gitlab.com/releases/2024/11/13/patch-release-gitlab-17-5-2-released/ (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-8180?: CVE-2024-8180 is a medium-severity vulnerability in GitLab, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2024-11-14.
How severe is CVE-2024-8180?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.