CVE-2024-8116

MEDIUMNVD 5.35.3—
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

Score 5.3 from GitHub Security Advisory published 2024-12-16. NVD baseline CVSS 5.3; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, nvd
5.3
EchelonGraph verdictMonitorLow exploitation likelihood right now — keep watching.
  • Lower severity and no public exploit yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS: 0%CVSS: 5.3Exploit: NoneExposed: 0

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

An issue has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 16.9 before 17.4.6, 17.5 before 17.5.4, and 17.6 before 17.6.2. By using a specific GraphQL query, under specific conditions an unauthorized user can retrieve branch names.

CVSS v3
5.3
EG Score
5.3(medium)
EPSS
32.9%
KEV
Not listed

Published

December 16, 2024

Last Modified

July 11, 2025

References (2)

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2024-8116(1)

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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  52. 2026-05-23 16:24 UTCEG score recompute
  53. 2026-05-23 16:24 UTCGHSA enrichment

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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2024-8116?
CVE-2024-8116 is a medium vulnerability published on December 16, 2024. An issue has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 16.9 before 17.4.6, 17.5 before 17.5.4, and 17.6 before 17.6.2. By using a specific GraphQL query, under specific conditions an unauthorized user can retrieve branch names.
When was CVE-2024-8116 disclosed?
CVE-2024-8116 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on December 16, 2024, with the most recent update on July 11, 2025. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2024-8116 actively exploited?
CVE-2024-8116 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 32.9% percentile likelihood of exploitation in the next 30 days — higher percentiles indicate greater predicted risk.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2024-8116?
CVE-2024-8116 has a CVSS v3 base score of 5.3 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2024-8116?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2024-8116, 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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