CVE-2024-2279: GitLab

Medium severity, CVSS 5.4. EPSS: 0.6% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

An issue has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions starting from 16.7 to 16.8.6 all versions starting from 16.9 before 16.9.4, all versions starting from 16.10 before 16.10.2. Using the autocomplete for issues references feature a crafted payload may lead to a stored XSS, allowing attackers to perform arbitrary actions on behalf of victims.

Affected products

• GitLab GitLab: from 16.7.0, before 16.8.6 (fixed in 16.8.6); from 16.9.0, before 16.9.4 (fixed in 16.9.4); from 16.10.0, before 16.10.2 (fixed in 16.10.2)

Published 2024-04-12. Last modified 2026-06-17.