7.5

CVE-2024-2878: gitlab

CVSS: 7.5v3.1HighAnalyzed
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2024-2878
Published 05-02-2025Last modified 05-02-2025
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2024-2878 is a high (CVSS 7.5) vulnerability in gitlab. EPSS estimates a 19.73% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 97.3% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.

Overall risk
44/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.5/10
010
High · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
19.73%
0%100%
Medium · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits1reference

Timeline

  1. 05-02-2025
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 05-02-2025
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

An issue has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions starting from 15.7 prior to 16.9.7, starting from 16.10 prior to 16.10.5, and starting from 16.11 prior to 16.11.2. It was possible for an attacker to cause a denial of service by crafting unusual search terms for branch names.

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 3 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

19.73%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

97%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 19.73% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
19.73%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

1 found
  • referenceUnverified

    Exploit Reference (hackerone.com)

    Maturity: unknown

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Gitlab1 product
  • gitlab≥ 15.7, < 16.9.7 | ≥ 16.10, < 16.10.5 | ≥ 16.11, < 16.11.2 | ≥ 15.7.0, < 16.9.7 | ≥ 16.10.0, < 16.10.5 | ≥ 16.11.0, < 16.11.2
Ubuntu1 product
  • gitlabAll versions (No fix recorded)

2 vendors · 2 products

References

5 links