CVE-2024-8635 Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) in GitLab

What is CVE-2024-8635?

CVE-2024-8635 is a high-severity server-side request forgery vulnerability in Gitlab Gitlab, published on 12 Sep 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

A server-side request forgery issue has been discovered in GitLab EE affecting all versions starting from 16.8 prior to 17.1.7, from 17.2 prior to 17.2.5, and from 17.3 prior to 17.3.2. It was possible for an attacker to make requests to internal resources using a custom Maven Dependency Proxy URL

Weakness: CWE-918

Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-8635?

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

Products include Gitlab Gitlab.

How do I fix CVE-2024-8635?

Upgrade gitlab to a fixed version for your release line: 17.1.7, 17.2.5 or 17.3.2.

Upgrade, and send outbound requests through an allow-list that blocks internal addresses. More about Server-side request forgery.

Is CVE-2024-8635 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-8635 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-2024-8635, GHSA-859x-xr5x-c9x2.