CVE-2024-6502 is a medium-severity vulnerability affecting GitLab CE/EE versions 8.2 through 17.1.5, 17.2 through 17.2.3, and 17.3 through 17.3.0. This flaw allows an authenticated attacker to create a branch with the same name as a previously deleted tag, potentially leading to confusion or integrity issues. With a CVSS score of 6.5 (Medium), it requires low privileges and no user interaction, but only impacts integrity (I:H). There is currently no known active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or KEV entry, though it has received limited community discussion and media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 8.2.0, < 17.1.6CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:community:*:*:* | ||
>= 17.2.0, < 17.2.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:community:*:*:* | ||
>= 17.3.0, < 17.3.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:community:*:*:* | ||
>= 8.2.0, < 17.1.6CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:* | ||
>= 17.2.0, < 17.2.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:* |
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
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Remediation records are not available for this CVE.