CVE-2024-6595 - CVE House
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Status published Low CVE-2024-6595

Uncontrolled Search Path Element in GitLab

Vulnerability Description

An issue was discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions starting from 11.8 prior to 16.11.6, starting from 17.0 prior to 17.0.4, and starting from 17.1 prior to 17.1.2 where it was possible to upload an NPM package with conflicting package data.

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 vulnerability was found internally by a GitLab team member [Ameya Darshan](https://gitlab.com/ameyadarshan). Thanks to [Darcy Clarke](https://x.com/darcy) for their work on [manifest confusion](https://blog.vlt.sh/blog/the-massive-hole-in-the-npm-ecosystem).

References

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Affected Vendor

Affected Software

GitLab
Vulnerable Versions:
11.8, 17.0, 17.1

Timeline

Official Publish: July 17th, 2024
Last Modified: September 17th, 2024
Added to House: July 22nd, 2026

CVSS Vectors

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

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-451

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.