What is CVE-2024-9163?

CVE-2024-9163 is a low-severity vulnerability in Gitlab, classified under User Interface (UI) Misrepresentation of Critical Information. CVSS score: 3.5/10. Published 2025-05-23.

How severe is CVE-2024-9163?

Low severity. CVSS v3 base score is 3.5 out of 10.

Is CVE-2024-9163 known to be exploited?

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

Vulnerability in Gitlab

CVE-2024-9163

A business logic error in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions starting from 12.1 prior to 17.10.7, 17.11 prior to 17.11.3 and 18.0 prior to 18.0.1 where an attacker can cause a branch name confusion in confidential MRs.

EPSS: 0.004 (28.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 3.5 (Low). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Gitlab — versions 17.11, 12.1, 18.0.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-451 — User Interface (UI) Misrepresentation of Critical Information

Public proof-of-concept exploits

ARPSyndicate/cve-scores

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-2024-9163?: CVE-2024-9163 is a low-severity vulnerability in Gitlab, classified under User Interface (UI) Misrepresentation of Critical Information. CVSS score: 3.5/10. Published 2025-05-23.
How severe is CVE-2024-9163?: Low severity. CVSS v3 base score is 3.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2024-9163 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.