BIT-gitlab-2024-0402

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    BIT-gitlab-2024-0402

    Published: 6 Mar 2024Last Modified: 8 Sept 2026
    Aliases:
    CVE-2024-0402

    Summary: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') in GitLab

    Details: An issue has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 16.0 prior to 16.6.6, 16.7 prior to 16.7.4, and 16.8 prior to 16.8.1 which allows an authenticated user to write files to arbitrary locations on the GitLab server while creating a workspace.

    References: https://about.gitlab.com/releases/2024/01/25/critical-security-release-gitlab-16-8-1-released/, https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/437819, https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-0402

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: gitlab

    Purl: pkg:bitnami/gitlab

    Affected ranges

    Type: SEMVER

    Events:

    Introduced- 16.0.0
    Fixed -16.5.8

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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