CVE-2024-13041 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2024-13041

Incorrect User Management in GitLab

Vulnerability Description

An issue was discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions starting from 16.4 prior to 17.5.5, starting from 17.6 prior to 17.6.3, and starting from 17.7 prior to 17.7.1. When a user is created via the SAML provider, the external groups setting overrides the external provider configuration. As a result, the user may not be marked as external thereby giving those users access to internal projects or groups.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

The following person or organization is credited with identifying this vulnerability, as recorded in the NVD database:

  • This vulnerability has been discovered internally by GitLab team member [Drew Blessing](https://gitlab.com/dblessing).

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Affected Vendor

Affected Software

GitLab
Vulnerable Versions:
16.4, 17.6, 17.7

Timeline

Official Publish: January 9th, 2025
Last Modified: January 9th, 2025
Added to House: July 22nd, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-286

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.