CVE-2024-9870: gitlab SSRF — Exploit

Description

An external service interaction vulnerability in GitLab EE affecting all versions from 15.11 prior to 17.6.5, 17.7 prior to 17.7.4, and 17.8 prior to 17.8.2 allows an attacker to send requests from the GitLab server to unintended services.

Is your site exposed to CVE-2024-9870?

Run a free security scan — no signup, results in seconds.

CVSS v3.1 Score

4.3

MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Weakness Type (CWE)

CWE-441 CWE-441

CWE-918 Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF)

Affected Products

Vendor	Product	Versions
gitlab	gitlab	15.11.0 — 17.6.5
gitlab	gitlab	17.7.0 — 17.7.4
gitlab	gitlab	17.8.0 — 17.8.2

References

Exploits

https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/498911

Other References

https://hackerone.com/reports/2734142

Frequently Asked Questions

What is CVE-2024-9870? +

An external service interaction vulnerability in GitLab EE affecting all versions from 15.11 prior to 17.6.5, 17.7 prior to 17.7.4, and 17.8 prior to 17.8.2 allows an attacker to send requests from the GitLab server to unintended services. It has a CVSS v3.1 base score of 4.3 (MEDIUM).

How severe is CVE-2024-9870? +

CVE-2024-9870 has a CVSS v3.1 score of 4.3 out of 10, rated MEDIUM. This is a medium-severity vulnerability that should be remediated as part of regular maintenance.

What products are affected by CVE-2024-9870? +

CVE-2024-9870 affects products from gitlab, specifically: gitlab. Check the affected products table above for specific version ranges.

How do I check if I'm vulnerable to CVE-2024-9870? +

You can use Secably's free Website Scanner to check your website for known vulnerabilities. For infrastructure scanning, use the Port Scanner to identify exposed services that may be affected. Check the vendor advisories linked above for specific patch and version information.

Related Vulnerabilities

CVE-2025-68667

Conduit is a chat server powered by Matrix. A vulnerability that affects a number of Conduit-derived homeservers allows a remote, …

CVE-2025-23217

mitmproxy is a interactive TLS-capable intercepting HTTP proxy for penetration testers and software developers and mitmweb is a web-based interface …

CVE-2026-12879

An Improper Input Validation vulnerability in BigQuery DAO in Google Cloud Apigee versions prior to 2026-06-12 on Google Cloud Platform …

CVE-2026-15183

Multiple input validation vulnerabilities in the Snowflake Spark Connector (spark-snowflake) versions prior to 3.2.1 can allow attackers to exfiltrate OAuth …

CVE-2026-42933 10.0

Pronetiqs IntraVUE versions 3.2.1a14 and prior have an unintended proxy or intermediary vulnerability which could allow an attacker to use …

CVE-2026-23751 9.8

Kofax Capture, now referred to as Tungsten Capture, version 6.0.0.0 (other versions may be affected) exposes a deprecated .NET Remoting …

CVE-2024-9870