Guest-level dashboard modification via unguarded analytics endpoint
Published Feb 21, 2024 · Updated May 1, 2026
Affected GitLab EE releases allow remote authenticated users with Guest access to alter custom dashboard project settings. The project analytics settings endpoint accepts a direct POST carrying a PATCH override and dashboard-pointer attributes without enforcing project-settings permission. A Guest membership, valid session, and Ultimate-tier project are required; exploitation changes which project supplies the victim project's custom dashboards.
Summary
What happened
Affected GitLab EE releases allow remote authenticated users with Guest access to alter custom dashboard project settings. The project analytics settings endpoint accepts a direct POST carrying a PATCH override and dashboard-pointer attributes without enforcing project-settings permission. A Guest membership, valid session, and Ultimate-tier project are required; exploitation changes which project supplies the victim project's custom dashboards.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2024-0861
- Published
- Feb 21, 2024
- Updated
- May 1, 2026
- Vendor
- GitLab
- Product
- GitLab
- Classifications
- CWE-425, T1565.001
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Feb 21, 2024CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- May 1, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
Exploitability
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- Affected versionversion=16.4 <16.7.6
- Affected versionversion=16.8 <16.8.3
- Affected versionversion=16.9 <16.9.1
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Attacks
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Weakness, pattern, technique
Public exploit references
- Guest custom-dashboard settings request reproductionproof of concept · demonstrated
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