CVE-2024-6356
Gitlab 16.0.0 – 17.0.6
Raw vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:NSummary
CVE-2024-6356 is a medium-severity Incorrect User Management (CWE-286) vulnerability in Gitlab Gitlab. Its CVSS base score is 4.4 (Medium).
Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Account Manipulation (T1098); ranked at the 9th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.
The strongest mitigations our analysis identified map to AC-2 (Account Management) and IA-4 (Identifier Management) — see the control section below for these in your framework.
OWASP Top 10 for Web (2025)
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2024-48021
Vulnerability Data
An issue was discovered in GitLab EE affecting all versions starting from 16.0 prior to 17.0.6, starting from 17.1 prior to 17.1.4, and starting from 17.2 prior to 17.2.2, which allowed cross project access for Security policy bot.
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Affected Assets
Mitigating Controls
Control response
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- 2 hardening rules · 2 OS baselines
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Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI
AC-2 directly requires defining, assigning, and controlling user accounts throughout their lifecycle, structurally preventing improper user management.
IA-4 mandates authorized management of user identifiers, stopping the creation or retention of unmanaged user identities.
PS-4 enforces timely disabling and removal of access upon termination, addressing a key failure mode of incorrect ongoing user management.
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.
Directly addresses management of user identities and credentials throughout their lifecycle.
Covers policy-driven definition and review of user permissions and entitlements.
Supports proper user onboarding by binding verified identities to credentials.
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.
Identity management directly governs the full lifecycle of user accounts, preventing incorrect user management.
Access rights provisioning and de-provisioning ensure users are correctly created, modified, and removed.
Responsibilities after termination or change of employment address removal of user access but not ongoing user management.
Privileged access rights assume correct user accounts exist; the control does not manage user creation or removal.
Access control policies rely on accurate user management but do not themselves define user lifecycle processes.
Information access restriction depends on properly managed users but does not address user management itself.
Hardening callouts derived
Configuration rules from DISA STIG baselines that bear on weaknesses of the type cited by this CVE. Each rule is shown with the relationship its mapping actually records, against the CWE it was authored against. Derived via CVE→CWE over `controls_xwalks` (authoritative rows only; rows rated `none` are excluded).
Oracle Linux 9 (1 rule)
- V-271707 OL 9 must enable the Pluggable Authentication Module (PAM) interface for SSHD. prevents CWE-286
RHEL 9 (1 rule)
- V-257986 RHEL 9 must enable the Pluggable Authentication Module (PAM) interface for SSHD. prevents CWE-286