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Source: https://thehackernews.com/2024/10/new-critical-gitlab-vulnerability-could.html
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New Critical GitLab Vulnerability Could Allow Arbitrary CI/CD Pipeline Execution. GitLab has released security updates for Community Edition (CE) and Enterprise Edition (EE) to address eight security flaws, including a critical bug that could allow running Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) pipelines on arbitrary branches. Tracked as CVE-2024-9164, the vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 9.6 out of 10. "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," GitLab said in an advisory. Of the remaining seven issues, four are rated high, two are rated medium, and one is rated low in severity - The advisory is the latest wrinkle of what appears to be a steady stream of pipeline-related vulnerabilities that have been disclosed by GitLab in recent months. Last month, the company addressed another critical flaw (CVE-2024-6678, CVSS score: 9.9) that could allow an attacker to run pipeline jobs as an arbitrary user. Prior to that, it also patched three other similar shortcomings – CVE-2023-5009 (CVSS score: 9.6), CVE-2024-5655 (CVSS score: 9.6), and CVE-2024-6385 (CVSS score: 9.6). While there is no evidence of active exploitation of the vulnerability, users are recommended to update their instances to the latest version to safeguard against potential threats.
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GitLab has patched eight security vulnerabilities in their Community Edition (CE) and Enterprise Edition (EE) software, including a critical flaw.
The critical vulnerability, identified as CVE-2024-9164, has a high severity score of 9.6, allowing unauthorized execution of CI/CD pipelines on arbitrary branches.
This flaw affects numerous GitLab versions beginning from 12.5, highlighting the need for updates to versions 17.2.9, 17.3.5, and 17.4.2.
Other identified vulnerabilities in the update included four high-severity issues, two medium-severity, and one low-severity problem.
The recent months have seen GitLab continuously addressing similar pipeline vulnerabilities, indicating an ongoing challenge in securing CI/CD operations.
Though there is no reported exploitation of these vulnerabilities, users are strongly urged to upgrade to the latest GitLab releases to mitigate potential security risks.