CVE-2024-0402

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    CVE-2024-0402

    Published: 26 Jan 2024Last Modified: 11 Sept 2026

    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://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2024/0xxx/CVE-2024-0402.json, https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-0402, https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/437819, git://[email protected]:gitlab-org/gitlab.git

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name:

    Purl:

    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- 280a09dbca836a6eedf5da1e63953fe8da44bf4c
    Fixed -52a7a8b5e226b1a0c2d2f7e240bb75dd3cc3b9b5

    Affected versions

    v16.8.0-ee

    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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