Cyber Resilience

CVE-2024-0231

Gitlab 12.0.0 – 17.0.5

Published
24 July 2024
Modified
21 November 2024
Patch / advisory
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CVSS Score v3.1 2.7
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Raw vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
EPSS Score 0.0033 26th percentile
Risk Priority 26 floored blend · peak EPSS

Summary

CVE-2024-0231 is a low-severity Resource Injection (CWE-99) vulnerability in Gitlab Gitlab. Its CVSS base score is 2.7 (Low).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190); ranked at the 26th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

The strongest mitigations our analysis identified map to SI-10 (Information Input Validation) and AC-3 (Access Enforcement) — see the control section below for these in your framework.

OWASP Top 10 for Web (2025)

A05:2025 Injection

EU & UK References

Vulnerability Data

A resource misdirection vulnerability in GitLab CE/EE versions 12.0 prior to 17.0.5, 17.1 prior to 17.1.3, and 17.2 prior to 17.2.1 allows an attacker to craft a repository import in such a way as to misdirect commits.

CWE(s)
CWE-99CWE-74

Related Threats

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise Techniques

T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application Initial Access
Adversaries may attempt to exploit a weakness in an Internet-facing host or system to initially access a network.
attack.mitre.org →
T1221 Template Injection Stealth
Adversaries may create or modify references in user document templates to conceal malicious code or force authentication attempts.
attack.mitre.org →
T1659 Content Injection Initial Access
Adversaries may gain access and continuously communicate with victims by injecting malicious content into systems through online network traffic.
attack.mitre.org →
T1674 Input Injection Execution
Adversaries may simulate keystrokes on a victim’s computer by various means to perform any type of action on behalf of the user, such as launching the command interpreter using keyboard shortcuts, typing an inline script to be executed,…
attack.mitre.org →
T1059 Command and Scripting Interpreter Execution
Adversaries may abuse command and script interpreters to execute commands, scripts, or binaries.
attack.mitre.org →
T1059.001 PowerShell Execution
Adversaries may abuse PowerShell commands and scripts for execution.
attack.mitre.org →
Derived from this CVE’s CWE(s) via the direct CWE→ATT&CK cross-walk.

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Affected Assets

gitlab
gitlab
17.2.0 · 12.0.0 — 17.0.5 · 12.0.0 — 17.0.5 · 17.1.0 — 17.1.3

Mitigating Controls

Control response

Prevent
Stop it (NIST 800-53)

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Detect
Catch it (NIST detect / respond)

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Harden
Shrink the surface (DISA STIG)

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Validate
Prove the fix (OWASP ASVS)
  • V1.2.1
  • V1.2.3
  • V1.2.5
  • V1.2.8

Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI

SI-10 Information Input Validation good match

Directly requires validation of inputs before they are accepted as resource identifiers.

AC-3 Access Enforcement partial match

Enforces authorizations on resource access so an injected identifier cannot reach outside the intended sphere.

AC-4 Information Flow Enforcement partial match

Enforces information flow rules that block use of untrusted identifiers to reach unauthorized resources.

Mitigating Controls (NIST CSF 2.0) AI

Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→CSF cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.

PR.PS-06 mostly match
prevents

Secure SDLC practices directly require input validation and sanitization that prevent resource-identifier injection flaws.

PR.AA-05 partial match
prevents

Least-privilege access policy and enforcement limits damage from injected resource identifiers even when input validation is absent.

PR.IR-01 partial match
prevents

Network segmentation and unauthorized-access controls reduce the blast radius of successful resource injection.

Mitigating Controls (ISO/IEC 27001:2022 Annex A) AI

Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→ISO cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.

A.8.29 Security testing in development and acceptance mostly match
finds

Security testing can detect resource-injection flaws but does not itself implement preventive controls.

A.8.15 Logging partial match
finds

Logging supports detection of injection attempts but does not prevent the weakness.

A.8.16 Monitoring activities partial match
finds

Monitoring activities can identify active injection attacks after they occur.

A.8.25 Secure development life cycle partial match
prevents

Secure SDLC mandates input validation and resource-identifier sanitization that directly prevents resource injection.

A.8.26 Application security requirements partial match
prevents

Application security requirements explicitly call for controls on external identifiers used to access resources.

A.8.27 Secure system architecture and engineering principles partial match
prevents

Secure architecture principles reduce attack surface for resource injection but do not prescribe identifier validation.

References