CVE-2024-8311Public exploitNetwork attack vector

Policy bypass via included template variable precedence

Published Sep 12, 2024 · Updated Sep 13, 2024

Improper policy enforcement in GitLab EE 17.2 through 17.2.4 and 17.3 through 17.3.1 allows remote authenticated users to override CI/CD variables. The pipeline configuration merger processes included templates along an alternate precedence path, leaving project or group settings ahead of policy-defined variables. Exploitation requires an account allowed to set CI/CD variables where a pipeline execution policy includes a template, and it can suppress enforced jobs such as SAST analyzers.

CVSS severity6.5
Medium
EPSS probability0.61%
Next 30 days · Sep 16, 2026
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
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Summary

What happened

Improper policy enforcement in GitLab EE 17.2 through 17.2.4 and 17.3 through 17.3.1 allows remote authenticated users to override CI/CD variables. The pipeline configuration merger processes included templates along an alternate precedence path, leaving project or group settings ahead of policy-defined variables. Exploitation requires an account allowed to set CI/CD variables where a pipeline execution policy includes a template, and it can suppress enforced jobs such as SAST analyzers.

The record

CVE
CVE-2024-8311
Published
Sep 12, 2024
Updated
Sep 13, 2024
Vendor
GitLab
Product
GitLab
Classifications
CWE-424, T1562.001
Attack vector
network
Privileges
authenticated

Timeline

How it unfolded

  1. Sep 12, 2024CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
  2. Sep 13, 2024Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.

Exploitability

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  1. Affected versionversion=17.2 <17.2.5
  2. Affected versionversion=17.3 <17.3.2

What conditions does exploitation require?

Attack vectornetwork
Required privilegesauthenticated

What is affected?

GitLab · GitLabversion=17.2 <17.2.5; version=17.3 <17.3.2

Published CVSS scores

6.5GitLabCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

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Sep 10, 2026Sep 16, 2026
Latest reporting daySep 16, 2026
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Prior 30-day averageUnavailable
SourceShadowserver honeypots (KEV)
Vectornetwork
Privilegesauthenticated
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
Public exploitPublished

Weakness, pattern, technique

CWE-424Improper Protection of Alternate Path
T1562.001Impair Defenses: Disable or Modify Tools

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