CVE-2024-4597 Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) in GitLab
An attacker can force a user with an active SAML session to approve a merge request via Cross-Site Request Forgery.
- 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-2024-4597?
CVE-2024-4597 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Gitlab Gitlab, published on 9 May 2024. 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 has been discovered in GitLab EE affecting all versions from 16.7 before 16.9.7, all versions starting from 16.10 before 16.10.5, all versions starting from 16.11 before 16.11.2. An attacker could force a user with an active SAML session to approve an MR via CSRF.
Weakness: CWE-352
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-4597?
1 open source package ship an affected version, including gitlab. It affects 1 product.
| Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
gitlab Bitnami | From 16.7.0 | 16.9.7, 16.10.5, 16.11.2 |
Products include Gitlab Gitlab.
How do I fix CVE-2024-4597?
Upgrade gitlab to a fixed version for your release line: 16.9.7, 16.10.5 or 16.11.2.
Is CVE-2024-4597 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-4597 in the wild and no public exploit code.
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- CVE-2026-85706 GitLab Community Edition and Enterprise Edition Path Traversal
- CVE-2023-7028 GitLab Community and Enterprise Editions Improper Access Control
- CVE-2021-22205 GitLab Community and Enterprise Editions Remote Code Execution
- CVE-2021-39935 GitLab Community and Enterprise Editions Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF)
Sources
Also known as BIT-gitlab-2024-4597, GHSA-7xp2-7fx4-46xp.