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CVE-2024-3976: Missing Authorization in GitLab

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2025-02-05 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-862

Description

An issue has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions starting from 14.0 prior to 16.9.7, starting from 16.10 prior to 16.10.5, and starting from 16.11 prior to 16.11.2. It was possible to disclose via the UI the confidential issues title and description from a public project to unauthorised instance users.

Affected products

• GitLab: from 14.0.0 before 16.9.7; from 16.10.0 before 16.10.5; from 16.11.0 before 16.11.2 — fixed in 16.10.5, 16.11.2, 16.9.7

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: GitLab 16.10.5, 16.11.2, 16.9.7. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/457140
• https://hackerone.com/reports/2470939
• https://about.gitlab.com/releases/2024/05/08/patch-release-gitlab-16-11-2-released/

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