Cyber Resilience

CVE-2024-0410

Gitlab 15.1.0 – 16.7.6

Published
22 February 2024
Modified
21 November 2024
CVSS Score v3.1 7.7
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Raw vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N
EPSS Score 0.0046 37th percentile
Risk Priority 54 floored blend · peak EPSS

Summary

CVE-2024-0410 is a high-severity Improper Enforcement of Behavioral Workflow (CWE-841) vulnerability in Gitlab Gitlab. Its CVSS base score is 7.7 (High).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique External Remote Services (T1133); ranked at the 37th 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 AC-3 (Access Enforcement) and IA-11 (Re-authentication) — see the control section below for these in your framework.

OWASP Top 10 for Web (2025)

EU & UK References

Vulnerability Data

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.

CWE(s)

Related Threats

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise Techniques

T1133 External Remote Services Persistence
Adversaries may leverage external-facing remote services to initially access and/or persist within a network.
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.
T1657 Financial Theft Impact
Adversaries may steal monetary resources from targets through extortion, social engineering, technical theft, or other methods aimed at their own financial gain at the expense of the availability of these resources for victims.
Derived from this CVE’s CWE(s) via the direct CWE→ATT&CK cross-walk.

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Affected Assets

gitlab
gitlab
16.9.0 · 15.1.0 — 16.7.6 · 16.8.0 — 16.8.3

Mitigating Controls

Control response

Prevent
Stop it (NIST 800-53)

Detect
Catch it (NIST detect / respond)

Harden
Shrink the surface (DISA STIG)

Validate
Prove the fix (OWASP ASVS)
  • V7.2.1

Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI

Access enforcement can require each successive workflow step to present the proper authorization context before proceeding.

Re-authentication requirements can be placed at critical workflow steps to ensure the actor has performed prior behaviors.

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
degrades

Secure development practices directly address proper workflow enforcement during design and coding.

PR.AA-05 partial match
prevents

Enforcing authorization policies can include sequence constraints on multi-step actions.

PR.PS-01 partial match
prevents

Hardened configuration baselines can embed required workflow ordering rules.

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.

finds

Security testing can detect workflow bypasses but does not enforce them at runtime.

prevents

Secure development lifecycle requires explicit workflow enforcement in multi-step processes.

prevents

Application security requirements include sequencing and state-transition rules for critical workflows.

prevents

Secure architecture principles address proper ordering of security-critical operations.

prevents

Secure coding practices can prevent missing workflow checks but do not define the control itself.

mitigates

Change management can require workflow adherence for changes but is not the primary mitigation.

References