Cyber Resilience

CVE-2024-9596

Low

Published: 10 October 2024

Published
10 October 2024
Modified
16 October 2024
KEV Added
Patch
CVSS Score v3.1 3.7 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
EPSS Score 0.0013 32.1th percentile
Risk Priority 7 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2024-9596 is a low-severity Inclusion of Sensitive Information in Source Code (CWE-540) vulnerability in Gitlab Gitlab. Its CVSS base score is 3.7 (Low).

Operationally, ranked at the 32.1th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

An issue has been discovered in GitLab EE affecting all versions starting from 16.6 prior to 17.2.9, from 17.3 prior to 17.3.5, and from 17.4 prior to 17.4.2. It was possible for an unauthenticated attacker to determine the GitLab version…

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number for a GitLab instance.

CWE(s)

Related Threats

No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.

Affected Assets

gitlab
gitlab
16.6.0 — 17.2.9 · 17.3.0 — 17.3.5 · 17.4.0 — 17.4.2

Mitigating Controls

Likely Mitigating Controls AI

Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.

addresses: CWE-540

Detection and removal of spilled information addresses cases where sensitive data was included in source code.

addresses: CWE-540

Screening helps prevent intentional insertion of sensitive information into source code by untrusted developers.

addresses: CWE-540

Prevents inclusion of sensitive information in source code and development artifacts through SDLC-wide OPSEC controls.

References