CVE-2024-8635: Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) 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: 2024-09-12 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-918

Description

A server-side request forgery issue has been discovered in GitLab EE affecting all versions starting from 16.8 prior to 17.1.7, from 17.2 prior to 17.2.5, and from 17.3 prior to 17.3.2. It was possible for an attacker to make requests to internal resources using a custom Maven Dependency Proxy URL

Affected products

GitLab: from 16.8.0 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/455273
https://about.gitlab.com/releases/2024/09/11/patch-release-gitlab-17-3-2-released/

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