CVE-2024-6502 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2024-6502

Incorrect Provision of Specified Functionality in GitLab

Vulnerability 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.

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:

  • Thanks [st4nly0n](https://hackerone.com/st4nly0n) for reporting this vulnerability through our HackerOne bug bounty program

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Affected Vendor

Affected Software

GitLab
Vulnerable Versions:
8.2, 17.2, 17.3

Timeline

Official Publish: August 22nd, 2024
Last Modified: August 29th, 2024
Added to House: July 22nd, 2026

CVSS Vectors

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

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-684

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.