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🛡️ CVE-2024-8754 on Ubuntu — gitlab

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Description

An issue has been discovered in GitLab EE/CE affecting all versions from 16.9.7 prior to 17.1.7, 17.2 prior to 17.2.5, and 17.3 prior to 17.3.2. An improper input validation error allows attacker to squat on accounts via linking arbitrary unclaimed provider identities when JWT authentication is configured.

Distribution advisory

This page covers CVE-2024-8754 as tracked by Ubuntu, for the package gitlab. No fixed version has been recorded for this distribution yet.

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached over the network, attack complexity is high, an attacker needs low-level privileges on the target. A user must be tricked into taking some action. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality high, integrity high, availability none.

CVSS metrics in full

The score comes from this vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

  • Attack vector: Network — reachable from anywhere that can route to the service.
  • Attack complexity: High — the attacker first has to win a race, learn a secret or otherwise prepare the target.
  • Privileges required: Low — an ordinary user account is enough.
  • User interaction: Required — someone has to click, open or visit something.
  • Scope: Unchanged — the damage stays inside the vulnerable component.
  • Confidentiality impact: High — total loss, or loss the attacker controls.
  • Integrity impact: High — total loss, or loss the attacker controls.
  • Availability impact: None.

Weakness class

UBUNTU-CVE-2024-8754 is classified as CWE-642: External Control of Critical State Data. The product stores security-critical state information about its users, or the product itself, in a location that is accessible to unauthorized actors.

Affected software

UBUNTU-CVE-2024-8754 is recorded against 1 package.

  • gitlab

Timeline and source

Published on 12 September 2024 and last revised on 24 October 2025. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from OSV.

References

ubuntu.com (Report)
www.cve.org (Report)
gitlab.com (Report)

Other advisories for this package

gitlab has other advisories on record. If you are patching this one, these are worth checking on the same host:

Same weakness in other software

These advisories are the same class of weakness (CWE-642: External Control of Critical State Data) in other software:

CVE-2024-8754 on other distributions

Each distribution ships its own build and its own fixed version. Pick the one you run:

Details

Severity Unknown
CVSS Score N/A
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
CWE N/A
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source OSV
Published 2024-09-12
Updated 2026-08-20
Modified 2025-10-24
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
gitlab — —

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