CVE-2024-8312 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') in GitLab

What is CVE-2024-8312?

CVE-2024-8312 is a high-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Gitlab Gitlab, published on 24 Oct 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 CE/EE affecting all versions from 15.10 before 17.3.6, 17.4 before 17.4.3, and 17.5 before 17.5.1. An attacker could inject HTML into the Global Search field on a diff view leading to XSS.

Weakness: CWE-79

Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-8312?

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

Products include Gitlab Gitlab.

How do I fix CVE-2024-8312?

Upgrade gitlab to a fixed version for your release line: 17.3.6, 17.4.3 or 17.5.1.

Escape output for the context it lands in and set a strict Content Security Policy. Upgrading the affected component is the real fix. More about Cross-site scripting.

Is CVE-2024-8312 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-8312 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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• CVE-2026-85706 GitLab Community Edition and Enterprise Edition Path Traversal Exploited Critical 10.0
• CVE-2023-7028 GitLab Community and Enterprise Editions Improper Access Control Exploited Critical 10.0
• CVE-2021-22205 GitLab Community and Enterprise Editions Remote Code Execution Exploited Critical 10.0
• CVE-2021-39935 GitLab Community and Enterprise Editions Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) Exploited Medium 6.8

All Gitlab Gitlab vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as BIT-gitlab-2024-8312, GHSA-8r4j-q2x9-54v8, UBUNTU-CVE-2024-8312.