CVE-2024-9164 [Critical] | Security Vulnerability in Gitlab

An issue was discovered in GitLab EE affecting all versions starting from 12.5 prior to 17.2.9, starting from 17.3, prior to 17.3.5, and starting from 17.4 prior to 17.4.2, which allows running pipelines on arbitrary branches.

#	Date	Old EPSS score	New EPSS score	Delta (New - Old)
1	2026-06-15	0.17%	0.91%	+0.74%
2	2026-03-02	0.14%	0.17%	+0.02%
3	2026-02-17	—	0.14%	—

Date

Old EPSS score

New EPSS score

Delta (New - Old)

2026-06-15

0.17%

0.91%

+0.74%

2026-03-02

0.14%

0.17%

+0.02%

2026-02-17

—

0.14%

—

Base score	Version	Severity	Vector	Exploitability	Impact	Score source
9.6	3.1	CRITICAL	`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N` 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:H) Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way. Integrity (I:H) They could widely tamper with or forge data—trust in the data is badly hurt. Availability (A:N) Service keeps running; no real outage angle.	3.1	5.8	[email protected]
8.8	3.1	HIGH	`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/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:H) They could widely tamper with or forge data—trust in the data is badly hurt. Availability (A:H) Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.	2.8	5.9	[email protected]

Base score

Version

Severity

Vector

Exploitability

Impact

Score source

9.6

3.1

CRITICAL

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N 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:H): Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:H): They could widely tamper with or forge data—trust in the data is badly hurt.
Availability (A:N): Service keeps running; no real outage angle.

3.1

5.8

[email protected]

8.8

3.1

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/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:H): They could widely tamper with or forge data—trust in the data is badly hurt.
Availability (A:H): Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.

2.8

5.9

[email protected]

OS Trackers for CVE-2024-9164

vendor	priority	summary	link
`debian`	unimportant	CVE-2024-9164 unimportant priority: Debian including 1 source packages (gitlab), 1 status rows across 1 suites (sid): resolved 1.	https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2024-9164
`ubuntu`	medium	CVE-2024-9164 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (gitlab), 6 status rows across 6 suites (focal, jammy, noble, oracular, upstream, xenial): DNE 4, ignored 1, not-affected 1.	https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-9164

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2024-9164

Vendor	Product	Version	Raw CPE
gitlab	gitlab	>= 12.5.0, < 17.2.9	cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:::::community:::*
gitlab	gitlab	>= 12.5.0, < 17.2.9	cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:::::enterprise:::*
gitlab	gitlab	>= 17.3.0, < 17.3.5	cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:::::community:::*
gitlab	gitlab	>= 17.3.0, < 17.3.5	cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:::::enterprise:::*
gitlab	gitlab	>= 17.4.0, < 17.4.2	cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:::::community:::*
gitlab	gitlab	>= 17.4.0, < 17.4.2	cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:::::enterprise:::*

References for CVE-2024-9164

URL	Tags
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/493946	Broken Link
https://hackerone.com/reports/2711204	Permissions Required

URL

CVE-2024-9164 | Missing Authentication for Critical Function in GitLab

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2024-9164

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2024-9164

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2024-9164

OS Trackers for CVE-2024-9164

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2024-9164

References for CVE-2024-9164