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CVE-2024-3958: Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection') in GitLab

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2024-08-08 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-94

Description

An issue has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions before 17.0.6, 17.1 prior to 17.1.4, and 17.2 prior to 17.2.2. An issue was found that allows someone to abuse a discrepancy between the Web application display and the git command line interface to social engineer victims into cloning non-trusted code.

Affected products

• GitLab: before 17.0.6; from 17.1.0 before 17.1.4; from 17.2.0 before 17.2.2 — fixed in 17.0.6, 17.1.4, 17.2.2

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: GitLab 17.0.6, 17.1.4, 17.2.2. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/456988
• https://hackerone.com/reports/2437784

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