CVE-2024-0402

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

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.

Affected

GitLab

CVSS v3.1 NVD

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

EPSS

3.78% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 90th percentile

Published

2024-01-26

Updated

2026-06-03

Proof-of-concept exploits (1)

• doyensec/malicious-devfile-registry15★ · 2025-03-18

Security advisories

• https://about.gitlab.com/releases/2024/01/25/critical-security-release-gitlab-16-8-1-rele…

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry

Related

• CVE-2020-13393
• CVE-2022-39299