CVE-2024-11668
Insufficient Session Expiration in GitLab
An issue has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 16.11 before 17.4.5, 17.5 before 17.5.3, and 17.6 before 17.6.1. Long-lived connections could potentially bypass authentication controls, allowing unauthorized access to streaming results.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- High
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Insufficient Session Expiration in GitLab
An issue has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 16.11 before 17.4.5, 17.5 before 17.5.3, and 17.6 before 17.6.1. Long-lived connections could potentially bypass authentication controls, allowing unauthorized access to streaming results.
- Record
CVE-2024-11668- CVSS 3.1
- 4.2 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-613
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2024-33945
An issue has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 16.11 before 17.4.5, 17.5 before 17.5.3, and 17.6 before 17.6.1. Long-lived connections could potentially bypass authentication controls, allowing unauthorized access to streaming results.
- Record
EUVD-2024-33945- CVSS 3.1
- 4.2 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-g797-r4r7-wp94
An issue has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 16.11 before 17.4.5, 17...
An issue has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 16.11 before 17.4.5, 17.5 before 17.5.3, and 17.6 before 17.6.1. Long-lived connections could potentially bypass authentication controls, allowing unauthorized access to streaming results.
- Record
GHSA-g797-r4r7-wp94- CVSS 3.1
- 4.2 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-613
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
An issue has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 16.11 before 17.4.5, 17.5 before 17.5.3, and 17.6 before 17.6.1. Long-lived connections could potentially bypass authentication controls, allowing unauthorized access to streaming results.
- Record
CVE-2024-11668- CVSS 3.1
- 4.2 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N - CVSS 3.1
- 5.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-613
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
Insufficient Session Expiration in GitLab
An issue has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 16.11 before 17.4.5, 17.5 before 17.5.3, and 17.6 before 17.6.1. Long-lived connections could potentially bypass authentication controls, allowing unauthorized access to streaming results.
- Record
CVE-2024-11668- CVSS 3.1
- 4.2 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-613
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2024-11668
An issue has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 16.11 before 17.4.5, 17.5 before 17.5.3, and 17.6 before 17.6.1. Long-lived connections could potentially bypass authentication controls, allowing unauthorized access to streaming results.
- Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2024-11668- CVSS 3.1
- 5.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N - CVSS 3.1
- 4.2 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVBIT-gitlab-2024-11668 No score
Insufficient Session Expiration in GitLab
An issue has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 16.11 before 17.4.5, 17.5 before 17.5.3, and 17.6 before 17.6.1. Long-lived connections could potentially bypass authentication controls, allowing unauthorized access to streaming results.
- Record
BIT-gitlab-2024-11668- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases, published | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2024-11668 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 4.2) in Gitlab, published November 26, 2024. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.34%, the 27th percentile. Fixed in gitlab 17.4.5.