CVE-2024-8754 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2024-8754

External Control of Critical State Data in GitLab

Vulnerability Description

An issue has been discovered in GitLab EE/CE affecting all versions from 16.9.7 prior to 17.1.7, 17.2 prior to 17.2.5, and 17.3 prior to 17.3.2. An improper input validation error allows attacker to squat on accounts via linking arbitrary unclaimed provider identities when JWT authentication is configured.

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 was discovered internally by GitLab team member [Joern Schneeweisz](https://gitlab.com/joernchen).

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Affected Vendor

Affected Software

GitLab
Vulnerable Versions:
16.9.7, 17.2, 17.3

Timeline

Official Publish: September 12th, 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:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-642

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.