{"id":"CVE-2024-6502","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2024-6502","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T02:10:06.301Z","title":"An issue was discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions starting from 8.2 prior to 17.1.6 starting from 17.2 prior to 17.2.4, and starting from 17.3 prior to 17.3.1, which allows an attacker to create a branch with the same name as a deleted tag.","description":"An issue was discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions starting from 8.2 prior to 17.1.6 starting from 17.2 prior to 17.2.4, and starting from 17.3 prior to 17.3.1, which allows an attacker to create a branch with the same name as a deleted tag.","published":"2024-08-22T16:15:10.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T08:18:08.000Z","status":"Analyzed","sourceIdentifier":"cve@gitlab.com","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":6.5,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N"},"cwe":["CWE-684"],"affected":["gitlab/gitlab"],"epss":{"score":0.0043,"percentile":0.36979,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"low","text":"Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.43%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/470647","tags":["Broken Link"],"source":"cve@gitlab.com"},{"url":"https://hackerone.com/reports/2574561","tags":["Permissions Required"],"source":"cve@gitlab.com"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-6502","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}