Security Resilience

CVE-2024-1211

CSRF in Gitlab 10.6.0 – 16.9.7

CSRF
Published
31 January 2025
Modified
05 August 2025
CVSS Score v3.1 6.4
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Raw vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
EPSS Score 0.0030 21th percentile
Risk Priority 47 floored blend · peak EPSS

CVSS and EPSS are reproduced from their sources (NVD, FIRST EPSS). Risk Priority is our own derived reading, not an NVD score.

Summary

CVE-2024-1211 is a medium-severity CSRF (CWE-352) vulnerability in Gitlab Gitlab. Its CVSS base score is 6.4 (Medium).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Security Account Manager (T1003.002); ranked at the 21th 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 SC-23 (Session Authenticity) — see the control section below for these in your framework.

Deeper analysis AI-assisted summary

Synthesised by an AI model from the NVD description and linked references — a reading aid, not an authoritative source.

CVE-2024-1211 is a cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability, mapped to CWE-352, discovered in GitLab Community Edition (CE) and Enterprise Edition (EE). It affects all versions starting from 10.6 prior to 16.9.7, starting from 16.10 prior to 16.10.5, and starting from 16.11 prior to 16.11.2, but only on GitLab instances configured to use JWT as an OmniAuth provider. The vulnerability carries a CVSS v3.1 base score of 6.4 (AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N).

Exploitation requires network access and low privileges from the attacker, combined with high attack complexity and user interaction, such as tricking an authenticated user into performing a malicious request. A successful attack enables the attacker to act on behalf of the victim, potentially compromising high levels of confidentiality and integrity without affecting availability.

Mitigation is achieved by upgrading to patched versions: 16.9.7, 16.10.5, or 16.11.2. Additional details on the issue and resolution are documented in the GitLab issue tracker at https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/440313 and the corresponding HackerOne report at https://hackerone.com/reports/2323594.

OWASP Top 10 for Web (2025)

A01:2025 Broken Access Control

EU & UK References

Vulnerability Data

An issue has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions starting from 10.6 prior to 16.9.7, starting from 16.10 prior to 16.10.5, and starting from 16.11 prior to 16.11.2 in which cross-site request forgery may have been possible on…

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GitLab instances configured to use JWT as an OmniAuth provider.

CWE(s)
CWE-352

Related Threats

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise Techniques

T1003.002 Security Account Manager Credential Access
Adversaries may attempt to extract credential material from the Security Account Manager (SAM) database either through in-memory techniques or through the Windows Registry where the SAM database is stored.
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T1003.005 Cached Domain Credentials Credential Access
Adversaries may attempt to access cached domain credentials used to allow authentication to occur in the event a domain controller is unavailable.
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T1003.007 Proc Filesystem Credential Access
Adversaries may gather credentials from the proc filesystem or `/proc`.
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T1005 Data from Local System Collection
Adversaries may search local system sources, such as file systems, configuration files, local databases, virtual machine files, or process memory, to find files of interest and sensitive data prior to Exfiltration.
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T1012 Query Registry Discovery
Adversaries may interact with the Windows Registry to gather information about the system, configuration, and installed software.
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T1016.002 Wi-Fi Discovery Discovery
Adversaries may search for information about Wi-Fi networks, such as network names and passwords, on compromised systems.
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Derived from this CVE’s CWE(s) via the direct CWE→ATT&CK cross-walk.

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Affected Assets

gitlab
gitlab
10.6.0 — 16.9.7 · 10.6.0 — 16.9.7 · 16.10.0 — 16.10.5

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)
  • V3.3.2
  • V3.5.1
  • V10.2.1

Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI

AC-3 Access Enforcement partial match

Access enforcement requires verifying that state-changing requests originate from the authenticated user rather than a forged cross-site source.

SC-23 Session Authenticity partial match

Protecting session authenticity prevents attackers from replaying or forging authenticated requests via the victim's browser.

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 partial match
blocks

Secure SDLC practices directly require anti-CSRF controls such as tokens or SameSite attributes.

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.5.14 Information transfer partial match
removes
A.5.15 Access control partial match
removes
A.5.16 Identity management partial match
removes
A.5.17 Authentication information partial match
removes
A.5.18 Access rights partial match
removes
A.8.10 Information deletion partial match
removes

References