CVE-2024-8640

Exploitation

Assessed, none found. CISA's assessment recorded neither public exploit code nor evidence of exploitation when it was made.

SSVC decision

• ExploitationnoneCISA recorded no public exploit code and no evidence of exploitation.
• AutomatablenoAt least one step from reconnaissance to exploitation cannot be reliably automated.
• Technical ImpacttotalSuccessful exploitation gives total control of the vulnerable component.

CISA publishes the decision points, not a final SSVC decision. The decision also depends on mission and well-being impact, which is a property of your deployment rather than of the vulnerability.

EPSS probability

0.98% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 61.9% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

8.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

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

NVD analysis status

Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.

Red Hat severity

No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2024-09-12 16:56Z2 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-09-13 14:13Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2024-09-09

Assigning CNA

GitLab

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

High (CVSS 8.5)

CNA CVSS vector

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

Weaknesses

• CWE-77Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in a Command ('Command Injection')Class

Data version

5.1

Document digest

e0277299be9681e5bc4c5c0048a61e258a0b583719e317e89aea5d4f7745d58f

• gitlab.comGitLab Issue #486213https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/486213issue-trackingpermissions-required
• hackerone.comHackerOne Bug Bounty Report #2687770https://hackerone.com/reports/2687770technical-descriptionexploitpermissions-required
• about.gitlab.comhttps://about.gitlab.com/releases/2024/09/11/patch-release-gitlab-17-3-2-released/