CVE-2024-3303
GitLab vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

An issue was discovered in GitLab Enterprise Edition (EE) affecting all versions starting from 16.0 prior to 17.6.5, starting from 17.7 prior to 17.7.4, and starting from 17.8 prior to 17.8.2. The vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2024-3303 and was reported through GitLab's HackerOne bug bounty program (GitLab Release).

Technical details

The vulnerability allows an attacker to exfiltrate contents of a private issue using prompt injection. The issue has been assessed as medium severity with a CVSS score of 6.4 (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N) (GitLab Release).

Impact

The vulnerability enables attackers to access and extract content from private issues within GitLab EE installations, potentially leading to unauthorized access to sensitive information (Ubuntu CVE).

Mitigation and workarounds

The vulnerability has been fixed in GitLab versions 17.6.5, 17.7.4, and 17.8.2. Organizations running affected versions should upgrade to the patched versions immediately. GitLab.com is already running the patched version, and GitLab Dedicated customers do not need to take action (GitLab Release).

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