CVE-2024-0410
Improper Enforcement of Behavioral Workflow in GitLab
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- GitLab
Description
An authorization bypass vulnerability was discovered in GitLab affecting versions 15.1 prior to 16.7.6, 16.8 prior to 16.8.3, and 16.9 prior to 16.9.1. A developer could bypass CODEOWNERS approvals by creating a merge conflict.
Public exploit
A reference of the record is tagged as an exploit or proof of concept: anyone can try it against an unpatched system.
- HackerOne Bug Bounty Report #2296778 (opens in a new tab)technical-descriptionexploitpermissions-requiredbroken-linkx_transferred
Timeline
ID reserved
By GitLab
- 41 days later
· 41 days later
Published
- 2 years later
· 2 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| GitLabCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | High7.7 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | High7.7 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.46% · top 60% of all CVEs (8 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: total
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.7.
Weakness
Affected products
What to do
Solution: Upgrade to versions 16.9.1, 16.8.3, 16.7.6 or above.
References (2)
- GitLab Issue #437988 (opens in a new tab)issue-trackingx_transferred
- HackerOne Bug Bounty Report #2296778 (opens in a new tab)technical-descriptionexploitpermissions-requiredbroken-linkx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2024-0410)Record last updated .