CVE-2024-6389: Exposure of Sensitive System Information to an Unauthorized Control Sphere in GitLab

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2024-09-12 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-497

Description

An issue was discovered in GitLab-CE/EE affecting all versions starting with 17.0 before 17.1.7, 17.2 before 17.2.5, and 17.3 before 17.3.2. An attacker as a guest user was able to access commit information via the release Atom endpoint, contrary to permissions.

Affected products

GitLab: from 17.0.0 before 17.1.7; from 17.2.0 before 17.2.5; from 17.3.0 before 17.3.2 — fixed in 17.1.7, 17.2.5, 17.3.2

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: GitLab 17.1.7, 17.2.5, 17.3.2. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/469367
https://hackerone.com/reports/2573397
https://about.gitlab.com/releases/2024/09/11/patch-release-gitlab-17-3-2-released/

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