CVE-2024-2434 | Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') in GitLab

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An issue has been discovered in GitLab affecting all versions of GitLab CE/EE 16.9 prior to 16.9.6, 16.10 prior to 16.10.4, and 16.11 prior to 16.11.1 where path traversal could lead to DoS and restricted file read.

Published: 2024-04-25 Last update: 2026-06-17 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Analyzed，CVE State: published
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CVE-2024-2434 is rated High Exploit Risk (88.1/100): CVSS High severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 22.89%, 97th percentile). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +11.67% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2024-2434

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2024-2434

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 11.22% 22.89% +11.67%
2 2026-03-13 3.69% 11.22% +7.53%
3 2026-01-20 — 3.69% —

Full EPSS history (13 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2024-2434

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
8.5 3.1 HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:L)
A normal user session is enough; they don’t have to be admin.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:C)
Breaking this can reach past the original component and bite other resources—bigger blast radius.
Confidentiality (C:L)
Some sensitive info could get out, but not a total data dump.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
 3.1 4.7 [email protected]
8.1 3.1 HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:L)
A normal user session is enough; they don’t have to be admin.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:H)
Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
 2.8 5.2 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2024-2434

OS Trackers for CVE-2024-2434

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2024-2434 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (gitlab), 1 status rows across 1 suites (sid): resolved 1. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2024-2434
redhat medium — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-2434
ubuntu medium CVE-2024-2434 medium priority: Ubuntu including 2 source packages (gitlab, gitlab-agent), 17 status rows across 9 suites (focal, jammy, mantic, noble, oracular, plucky, questing, upstream, xenial): DNE 9, ignored 4, needs-triage 4. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-2434

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2024-2434

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
gitlab gitlab >= 16.9.0, < 16.9.6 cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:community:*:*:*
gitlab gitlab >= 16.9.0, < 16.9.6 cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:*
gitlab gitlab >= 16.10.0, < 16.10.4 cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:community:*:*:*
gitlab gitlab >= 16.10.0, < 16.10.4 cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:*
gitlab gitlab 16.11.0 cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:16.11.0:*:*:*:community:*:*:*
gitlab gitlab 16.11.0 cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:16.11.0:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:*

References for CVE-2024-2434

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