CVE-2024-8631: GitLab

High severity, CVSS 7.2. EPSS: 0.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

A privilege escalation issue has been discovered in GitLab EE affecting all versions starting from 16.6 prior to 17.1.7, from 17.2 prior to 17.2.5, and from 17.3 prior to 17.3.2. A user assigned the Admin Group Member custom role could have escalated their privileges to include other custom roles.

Affected products

• GitLab GitLab: from 16.6.0, before 17.1.7 (fixed in 17.1.7); from 17.2.0, before 17.2.5 (fixed in 17.2.5); from 17.3.0, before 17.3.2 (fixed in 17.3.2)

Published 2024-09-12. Last modified 2026-06-17.