CVE-2024-4597 is a Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in GitLab Enterprise Edition (EE) affecting versions 16.7 through 16.9.6, 16.10 through 16.10.4, and 16.11 through 16.11.1. An unauthenticated attacker could exploit this to force a user with an active SAML session to approve a Merge Request. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 6.5 (Medium), indicating a network-based attack with low complexity, requiring user interaction, and leading to high integrity impact without affecting confidentiality or availability. The EPSS score is very low, suggesting a minimal likelihood of exploitation in the wild. Currently, there is no known active exploitation, nor are there public exploit modules available in Metasploit, Nuclei, or ExploitDB. Community discussion and media coverage are minimal, with only one article from GitLab Security acknowledging the patch release.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 16.7.0, < 16.9.7CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:community:*:*:* | ||
>= 16.7.0, < 16.9.7CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:* | ||
>= 16.10.0, < 16.10.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:community:*:*:* | ||
>= 16.10.0, < 16.10.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:* | ||
>= 16.11.0, < 16.11.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:community:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.