Account takeover via forwarded NEL response headers
Published Dec 12, 2024 · Updated Dec 12, 2024
Open redirect in affected GitLab CE/EE releases allows remote authenticated users to exfiltrate session data through Kubernetes proxy responses. The Kubernetes Agent Server proxy forwards NEL and Report-To headers from an attacker-controlled agent response, causing Chromium to report full same-origin URLs to an attacker endpoint. A Developer-level attacker must connect a malicious agent and lure a Chromium user to the environment page; leaked OAuth codes enable account takeover.
Summary
What happened
Open redirect in affected GitLab CE/EE releases allows remote authenticated users to exfiltrate session data through Kubernetes proxy responses. The Kubernetes Agent Server proxy forwards NEL and Report-To headers from an attacker-controlled agent response, causing Chromium to report full same-origin URLs to an attacker endpoint. A Developer-level attacker must connect a malicious agent and lure a Chromium user to the environment page; leaked OAuth codes enable account takeover.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2024-11274
- Published
- Dec 12, 2024
- Updated
- Dec 12, 2024
- Vendor
- GitLab
- Product
- GitLab
- Classifications
- CWE-601, CAPEC-178, T1528
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Dec 12, 2024CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Dec 12, 2024Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
Exploitability
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- Affected versionversion=16.1 <17.4.6
- Affected versionversion=17.5 <17.5.4
- Affected versionversion=17.6 <17.6.2
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Attacks
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Public exploit references
- Kubernetes Agent NEL header injection proof of conceptproof of concept · demonstrated
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