What is CVE-2024-8631?

CVE-2024-8631 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Gitlab, classified under Privilege Defined With Unsafe Actions. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2024-09-12.

How severe is CVE-2024-8631?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.

Is CVE-2024-8631 known to be exploited?

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

Privilege escalation in Gitlab

CVE-2024-8631

A privilege escalation issue has been discovered in GitLab EE affecting all versions starting from 16.6 prior to 17.1.7, from 17.2 prior to 17.2.5, and from 17.3 prior to 17.3.2. A user assigned the Admin Group Member custom role could hav…

EPSS: 0.005 (40.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:N.

Affected products

Gitlab — versions 16.6, 17.2, 17.3

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-267 — Privilege Defined With Unsafe Actions

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)
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-8631?: CVE-2024-8631 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Gitlab, classified under Privilege Defined With Unsafe Actions. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2024-09-12.
How severe is CVE-2024-8631?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2024-8631 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.