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CVE-2024-6502: Incorrect Provision of Specified Functionality in GitLab
- Severity: medium (CVSS 6.5 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: 2024-08-22 · updated 2026-06-17
- Weakness: CWE-684
Description
An issue was discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions starting from 8.2 prior to 17.1.6 starting from 17.2 prior to 17.2.4, and starting from 17.3 prior to 17.3.1, which allows an attacker to create a branch with the same name as a deleted tag.
Affected products
- GitLab: from 8.2.0 before 17.1.6; from 17.2.0 before 17.2.4; from 17.3.0 before 17.3.1 — fixed in 17.1.6, 17.2.4, 17.3.1
How to fix
Upgrade to a fixed version: GitLab 17.1.6, 17.2.4, 17.3.1. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.
References
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