CVE-2024-8266

MEDIUM

GitLab CE/EE <17.6.0 - Privilege Escalation

Title source: llm

Description

An issue was discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions starting from 17.1 prior to 17.6.0, which allows an attacker with maintainer role to trigger a pipeline as project owner under certain circumstances.

References (2)

[Exploit, Issue Tracking] https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/481531

[Permissions Required] https://hackerone.com/reports/2649798

Scores

CVSS v3 4.4

EPSS 0.0008

EPSS Percentile 22.7%

Attack Vector NETWORK

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

Classification

CWE

CWE-250

Status published

Affected Products (2)

gitlab/gitlab < 17.6.0

Timeline

Published Feb 13, 2025

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026