CVE-2024-6678

CRITICALNVD 9.99.9—
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

Score 9.9 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: CRITICAL) published 2024-09-12. NVD baseline CVSS 9.9; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: ghsa, nvd
Elevated
9.9
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixSerious severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet.
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS: 2%CVSS: 9.9Exploit: NoneExposed: 0

No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.

An issue was discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions starting from 8.14 prior to 17.1.7, starting from 17.2 prior to 17.2.5, and starting from 17.3 prior to 17.3.2, which allows an attacker to trigger a pipeline as an arbitrary user under certain circumstances.

CVSS v3
9.9
EG Score
9.9(medium)
EPSS
78.2%
KEV
Not listed

Published

September 12, 2024

Last Modified

November 21, 2024

Advisory Details (1)

Auto-updated Jul 6, 2026
No patch confirmed yet.
generic

GitLab Critical Patch Release: 17.3.2, 17.2.5, 17.1.7 | GitLab Docs

https://about.gitlab.com/releases/2024/09/11/patch-release-gitlab-17-3-2-released/

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2024-6678(2)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 9× in last 7d / 46× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

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  50. 2026-05-23 10:59 UTCEG score recompute
  51. 2026-05-23 10:59 UTCGHSA enrichment

Publicly available exploits

(1 reference)

Working exploit code is in the public domain (1 GitHub PoC). Defenders should treat patch urgency accordingly — public PoCs typically lead to mass-exploitation within 24-72 hours.

  • GitHub PoCFaLLenSKiLL1/CVE-2024-6678
    First seen May 21, 2026

    PoC for CVE-2024-6678

    Open source ↗

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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2024-6678?
CVE-2024-6678 is a critical vulnerability published on September 12, 2024. An issue was discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions starting from 8.14 prior to 17.1.7, starting from 17.2 prior to 17.2.5, and starting from 17.3 prior to 17.3.2, which allows an attacker to trigger a pipeline as an arbitrary user under certain circumstances.
When was CVE-2024-6678 disclosed?
CVE-2024-6678 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on September 12, 2024, with the most recent update on November 21, 2024. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2024-6678 actively exploited?
CVE-2024-6678 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 78.2% percentile likelihood of exploitation in the next 30 days — higher percentiles indicate greater predicted risk.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2024-6678?
CVE-2024-6678 has a CVSS v3 base score of 9.9 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2024-6678?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2024-6678, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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