CVE-2024-8266
Execution with Unnecessary Privileges in GitLab
MEDIUM
6.6
CVSS Score
Published: February 13, 2025 at 12:54 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 08:22 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorGitLab
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Severity
MEDIUM6.6
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.4%
SSVC
No known exploit
Description
An issue was discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions starting from 17.1 prior to 17.6.0, which allows an attacker with maintainer role to trigger a pipeline as project owner under certain circumstances.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.
References (2)
Issue TrackingPermissions RequiredExploit
Source: [email protected]
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/481531Technical DescriptionExploitPermissions Required
Source: [email protected]
https://hackerone.com/reports/2649798SSVC — Action Prioritization
SSVCNo known exploitNot automatablePartial impact
SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.
CVSS
- Attack Vector
- NETWORK
- Complexity
- HIGH
- Privileges
- HIGH
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- HIGH
- Integrity
- HIGH
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusANALYZED
CWE
CWE-250NVD-CWE-noinfo
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