What is CVE-2024-8266?

CVE-2024-8266 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Gitlab, classified under CWE-250. CVSS score: 4.4/10. Published 2025-02-13.

How severe is CVE-2024-8266?

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

Is CVE-2024-8266 known to be exploited?

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

Vulnerability in Gitlab

CVE-2024-8266

An issue was discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions starting from 17.1 prior to 17.6.0, which allows an attacker with maintainer role to trigger a pipeline as project owner under certain circumstances.

EPSS: 0.004 (32.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

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

Affected products

Gitlab — versions 17.1

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-250

Public proof-of-concept exploits

fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds

References

cve@gitlab.com (issue-tracking, Exploit, permissions-required, Issue Tracking)
cve@gitlab.com (Permissions Required, technical-description, permissions-required, exploit)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-8266?: CVE-2024-8266 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Gitlab, classified under CWE-250. CVSS score: 4.4/10. Published 2025-02-13.
How severe is CVE-2024-8266?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.4 out of 10.
Is CVE-2024-8266 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.