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CVE-2024-9596

Inclusion of Sensitive Information in Source Code in GitLab

Description

An issue has been discovered in GitLab EE affecting all versions starting from 16.6 prior to 17.2.9, from 17.3 prior to 17.3.5, and from 17.4 prior to 17.4.2. It was possible for an unauthenticated attacker to determine the GitLab version number for a GitLab instance.

Timeline

  1. ID reserved

    By GitLab

  2. · 3 days later

    Published

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

CVSS scores of CVE-2024-9596, by who scored it
Scored byCVSSScoreVector
GitLabCNA (assigner)3.1Low3.7CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
NVDNVD · Analyzed3.1Medium5.3CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
0.32% · top 74% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
CISA SSVC
Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Low 3.7.

Affected products

  • GitLab · GitLab

    • affected 16.6 – < 17.2.9
    • affected 17.3 – < 17.3.5
    • affected 17.4 – < 17.4.2

What to do

Solution: Upgrade to version 17.2.9, 17.3.5 or 17.4.2

References

1

Sources

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