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Description

An issue has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 16.9 before 17.4.6, 17.5 before 17.5.4, and 17.6 before 17.6.2. By using a specific GraphQL query, under specific conditions an unauthorized user can retrieve branch names.

PUBLISHED Reserved 2024-08-23 | Published 2024-12-16 | Updated 2024-12-16 | Assigner GitLab




MEDIUM: 5.3CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Problem types

CWE-863: Incorrect Authorization

Product status

Default status
unaffected

16.9 (semver) before 17.4.6
affected

17.5 (semver) before 17.5.4
affected

17.6 (semver) before 17.6.2
affected

Credits

Thanks [shells3c](https://hackerone.com/shells3c) for reporting this vulnerability through our HackerOne bug bounty program finder

References

gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/480509 (GitLab Issue #480509) issue-tracking permissions-required

hackerone.com/reports/2666216 (HackerOne Bug Bounty Report #2666216) technical-description exploit permissions-required

cve.org (CVE-2024-8116)

nvd.nist.gov (CVE-2024-8116)

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