CVE-2024-0402

CRITICAL 9.9

Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') in GitLab

CVSS Score

9.9

EPSS Score

40.8%

EPSS Percentile

97th

An issue has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 16.0 prior to 16.6.6, 16.7 prior to 16.7.4, and 16.8 prior to 16.8.1 which allows an authenticated user to write files to arbitrary locations on the GitLab server while creating a workspace.

CWE	CWE-22
Vendor	gitlab
Product	gitlab
Ecosystems	DevTools
Industries	Technology
Published	Jan 26, 2024
Last Updated	Apr 16, 2026

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CVSS v3 Breakdown

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Changed

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Affected Versions

GitLab / GitLab

16.0 < 16.5.8 16.6 < 16.6.6 16.7 < 16.7.4 16.8 < 16.8.1

References

NVD ↗ CVE.org ↗ EPSS Data ↗

about.gitlab.com: https://about.gitlab.com/releases/2024/01/25/critical-security-release-gitlab-16-8-1-released/ gitlab.com: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/437819

Credits

This vulnerability has been discovered internally by GitLab team member [joernchen](https://gitlab.com/joernchen)