CVE-2024-9163 - CVE House
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Status published Low CVE-2024-9163

User Interface (UI) Misrepresentation of Critical Information in GitLab

Vulnerability Description

A business logic error in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions starting from 12.1 prior to 17.10.7, 17.11 prior to 17.11.3 and 18.0 prior to 18.0.1 where an attacker can cause a branch name confusion in confidential MRs.

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

References

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Affected Vendor

Affected Software

GitLab
Vulnerable Versions:
12.1, 17.11, 18.0

Timeline

Official Publish: May 23rd, 2025
Last Modified: May 27th, 2025
Added to House: July 22nd, 2026

CVSS Vectors

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

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-451

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.