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

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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-8312",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') in GitLab",
    "summary": "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.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2024-8312",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "high",
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        "BIT-gitlab-2024-8312",
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              "repo": "https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab",
              "type": "GIT",
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                        "introduced": "15.10.0"
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                        "fixed": "17.3.6"
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                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:17.5.0:*:*:*:community:*:*:*",
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      "modified": "2026-10-28T02:30:34.307587897Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2024/8xxx/CVE-2024-8312.json",
        "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-8312",
        "https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/481819",
        "https://hackerone.com/reports/2659386"
      ],
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        "cwe_ids": [
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        "cna_assigner": "GitLab",
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  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 501300,
  "published_at": "2024-10-24T09:30:43.27+00:00"
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