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Incorrect User Management in GitLab

Type: advisorySources: OSV

An issue was discovered in GitLab EE affecting all versions starting from 16.0 prior to 17.0.6, starting from 17.1 prior to 17.1.4, and starting from 17.2 prior to 17.2.2, which allowed cross project access for Security policy bot.

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CVEs
CVE-2024-6356
Confirmed fixed CVEs
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5 Nov 2026, 05:42 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

Incorrect User Management in GitLab

core-osv · Original source

Published 5 Feb 2025, 10:02 UTC

An issue was discovered in GitLab EE affecting all versions starting from 16.0 prior to 17.0.6, starting from 17.1 prior to 17.1.4, and starting from 17.2 prior to 17.2.2, which allowed cross project access for Security policy bot.

osv:CVE-2024-6356
Complete source record
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  "id": "ccf55f09ec9f009d94597bd2434fe63984d009270f298c0b995fc9105757beaf",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-6356",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "Incorrect User Management in GitLab",
    "summary": "An issue was discovered in GitLab EE affecting all versions starting from 16.0 prior to 17.0.6, starting from 17.1 prior to 17.1.4, and starting from 17.2 prior to 17.2.2, which allowed cross project access for Security policy bot.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2024-6356",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "medium",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2024-6356",
      "aliases": [
        "BIT-gitlab-2024-6356",
        "CVE-2024-6356"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
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              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
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                },
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                {
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              ],
              "database_specific": {
                "extracted_events": [
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:*",
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                        "introduced": "16.0.0"
                      },
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                        "fixed": "17.0.6"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_RANGE"
                  },
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:*",
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                      },
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                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_RANGE"
                  },
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "17.2.0"
                      },
                      {
                        "fixed": "17.2.2"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_RANGE"
                  }
                ]
              }
            }
          ],
          "versions": [
            "v17.2.0-ee",
            "v17.1.0-ee"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2024-6356.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-28T02:30:43.223164594Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2024/6xxx/CVE-2024-6356.json",
        "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-6356",
        "https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/469108",
        "https://hackerone.com/reports/2575051"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {
        "cwe_ids": [
          "CWE-286"
        ],
        "cna_assigner": "GitLab",
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      }
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2024-6356",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 510787,
  "published_at": "2025-02-05T10:02:22.677+00:00"
}