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CVE-2024-2434: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') in GitLab

8.5 CVSS

Description

An issue has been discovered in GitLab affecting all versions of GitLab CE/EE 16.9 prior to 16.9.6, 16.10 prior to 16.10.4, and 16.11 prior to 16.11.1 where path traversal could lead to DoS and restricted file read.

Classification

CVE ID: CVE-2024-2434

CVSS Base Severity: HIGH

CVSS Base Score: 8.5

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

Problem Types

CWE-22: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

Affected Products

Vendor: GitLab

Product: GitLab

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

EPSS Score: 3.03% (probability of being exploited)

EPSS Percentile: 85.99% (scored less or equal to compared to others)

EPSS Date: 2025-06-15 (when was this score calculated)

Stakeholder-Specific Vulnerability Categorization (SSVC)

SSVC Exploitation: none

SSVC Technical Impact: partial

SSVC Automatable: false

References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-2434
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/450303
https://hackerone.com/reports/2401952

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