6.5

CVE-2024-1250: gitlab Privilege Chaining

CVSS: 6.5v3.1MediumModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2024-1250
Published 12-02-2024Last modified 02-06-2026
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2024-1250 is a medium (CVSS 6.5) Privilege Chaining vulnerability in gitlab. EPSS estimates a 0.54% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 44.5% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
26/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
6.5/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.54%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 12-02-2024
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 02-06-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

An issue has been discovered in GitLab EE affecting all versions starting from 16.8 before 16.8.2. When a user is assigned a custom role with manage_group_access_tokens permission, they may be able to create group access tokens with Owner privileges, which may lead to privilege escalation.

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 3 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.54%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

45%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.55% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
0.54%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Gitlab1 product
  • gitlab≥ 16.8, < 16.8.2 | ≥ 16.8.0, < 16.8.2
Ubuntu1 product
  • gitlabAll versions (No fix recorded)

2 vendors · 2 products

References

4 links