CVE-2024-3303 Improper Neutralization of Input Used for LLM Prompting in GitLab

Medium 6.4 Published Updated

Attackers can exfiltrate private issue contents via prompt injection in GitLab EE, requiring an upgrade to secure data.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Any signed-in user
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
A user has to click or open something
Fix
Available

What is CVE-2024-3303?

CVE-2024-3303 is a medium-severity code injection vulnerability in Gitlab Gitlab, published on 13 Feb 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

An issue was discovered in GitLab EE affecting all versions starting from 16.0 prior to 17.6.5, starting from 17.7 prior to 17.7.4, and starting from 17.8 prior to 17.8.2, which allows an attacker to exfiltrate contents of a private issue using prompt injection.

Weakness: CWE-1427

Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-3303?

1 open source package ship an affected version, including gitlab. It affects 1 product.

PackageAffectedFixed in
gitlab BitnamiFrom 16.0.017.8.2

Products include Gitlab Gitlab.

How do I fix CVE-2024-3303?

Upgrade gitlab to 17.8.2 or later.

Upgrade, and never evaluate templates, expressions or code built from user input. More about Code injection.

Is CVE-2024-3303 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-3303 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

Also known as BIT-gitlab-2024-3303, GHSA-8572-xjmw-7fq3, UBUNTU-CVE-2024-3303.

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