Authenticated internal project access via token rotation
Published Mar 28, 2025 · Updated Mar 28, 2025
Authorization bypass in GitLab CE/EE allows remote authenticated users to access internal projects through project-token rotation. The project access-token rotation endpoint preserves the internal bot-user status of a token created by an internal user when an external project maintainer rotates it. An external project maintainer can then use the rotated token and its scopes to list or clone internal repositories and modify internal projects.
Summary
What happened
Authorization bypass in GitLab CE/EE allows remote authenticated users to access internal projects through project-token rotation. The project access-token rotation endpoint preserves the internal bot-user status of a token created by an internal user when an external project maintainer rotates it. An external project maintainer can then use the rotated token and its scopes to list or clone internal repositories and modify internal projects.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2024-12619
- Published
- Mar 28, 2025
- Updated
- Mar 28, 2025
- Vendor
- GitLab
- Product
- GitLab
- Classifications
- CWE-1220, T1550.001
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Mar 28, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Mar 28, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=16.0 <17.8.6
- Affected versionversion=17.10 <17.10.1
- Affected versionversion=17.9 <17.9.3
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Public exploit references
- GitLab external-user token-rotation reproductionproof of concept · demonstrated
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